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Bookmark or Share- REPRIEVE definition and meaning | Collins English DictionaryA reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
- Reprieve Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of REPRIEVE is to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner). How to use reprieve in a sentence.
- Reprieve - definition of reprieve by The Free Dictionary1. to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person). 2. to relieve temporarily from any evil. n. 3. a respite from impending punishment, esp. from execution. 4. a warrant authorizing this. 5. any respite or temporary relief. syn: See pardon.
- Reprieve - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.comA reprieve is a break in or cancellation of a painful or otherwise lousy situation. If you're being tortured, a reprieve is a break from whatever's tormenting you. For some, a night at the opera is a night of punishing boredom during which the only reprieve is the intermission.
- REPRIEVE | definition in the Cambridge English DictionaryREPRIEVE meaning: 1. an official order that stops or delays the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner: 2…. Learn more.
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