Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - reprieve
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(reprieves, reprieving reprieved) 1. If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled. Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved. VERB: usu passive, no cont, be V-ed • Reprieve is also a noun A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve. N-VAR 2. A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place. It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve. N-COUNT: usu sing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. transitive verb (~d; reprieving) Etymology: probably blend of obsolete repreve to reprove (from Middle English) and obsolete repry to remand, postpone, from Anglo-French repri-, past stem of reprendre to take back Date: 1596 1. to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner) 2. to give relief or deliverance to for a time II. noun Date: 1592 1. a. the act of reprieving ; the state of being ~d b. a formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence especially of death 2. an order or warrant for a ~ 3. a temporary respite (as from pain or trouble) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 remit, commute, or postpone the execution of (a condemned person). 2 give respite to. --n. 1 a the act or an instance of reprieving or being reprieved. b a warrant for this. 2 respite; a respite or temporary escape. Etymology: ME as past part. repryed f. AF & OF repris past part. of reprendre (as RE-, prendre f. L prehendere take): 16th-c. -v- unexpl. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. отсрочка приведения в исполнение (смертного) приговора 2. распоряжение об отсрочке приведения в исполнение (смертного) приговора 3. передышка, временное облегчение 4. отсрочивать приведение в исполнение (смертного) приговора 5. давать передышку; временно облегчать (боль и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) отсрочка приведения в исполнение (смертного) приговора 2) передышка, временное облегчение 2. v. 1) leg. откладывать приведение в исполнение (смертного) приговора 2) дать человеку передышку, доставить временное облегчение ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1571, from M.E. repryen "to remand, detain," probably from M.Fr. repris, pp. of reprendre "take back" (see reprise). Originally "take back to prison;" sense evolved because being sent back to prison was the alternative to being executed. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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