reprieve

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

reprieves

V_ing/Gerund

reprieving

V_ed/pp

reprievedrepryve

1.
(transitive)To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
2.
(transitive)To bring relief to someone.
3.
(obsolete, transitive)To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
4.
(transitive)To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something).

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

reprievesrepryvereprive

1.
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
The prisoner was saved from execution; the governor had requested a reprieve.
2.
A document authorizing such an action.
3.
Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
4.
A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

reprievable unreprieved reprieval

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro First use appears c. 1513 in the writings of Robert Fabyan. In the sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (to remand, detain) (1494), possibly from Middle French repris, in the form of reprendre (take back); a cognate to reprise. The sense has become generalized, but does retain connotations of punishment and execution. The noun's first use appears c. 1592.