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reprieve

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reprieve (rĭprēv`): in law, see pardon pardon, in law, exemption from punishment for a criminal conviction granted by the grace of the executive of a government. A general pardon to a class of persons guilty of the same offense (e.g., insurrection) is an amnesty.
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reprieve
1. a postponement or remission of punishment, esp of a person condemned to death
2. a warrant granting a postponement
3. the act of reprieving or the state of being reprieved


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It is like the message of reprieve from the sentence of sorrow suspended over many a home, even if some of the men in her have been the most homeless mortals that you may find among the wanderers of the sea.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Do you think they'll reprieve me in the night, brother?
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
Driving at that hour, on a lovely day, through a country to which the summer sweetness seemed to offer me a friendly welcome, my fortitude mounted afresh and, as we turned into the avenue, encountered a reprieve that was probably but a proof of the point to which it had sunk.
Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context
 
 
 
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