repreeve

Noun

reprieve (countable and uncountable, plural reprieves)

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.
   • I have photographed destroyed homes, hospitals, funerals, humanitarian aid, empty markets and the daily lives of people returning to their neighborhoods during moment of reprieve.2014 August 6, James Estrin, quoting Wissam Nassar, “Photos From Both Sides of the Gaza Conflict”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
4. A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
   • At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service.1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 468

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