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Word: Reprieve
Speech Type: Verb
late 15th century (as the past participle repryed): from Anglo-Norman French repris, past participle of reprendre, from Latin re- ‘back’ + prehendere ‘seize’. The insertion of -v- (16th century) remains unexplained. Sense development has undergone a reversal, from the early meaning ‘send back to prison’, via ‘postpone a legal process’, to the current sense ‘rescue from impending punishment’
rɪˈpriːv
cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death)
Short Definition:cancel or postpone punishment of
Examples:- under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved
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