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    re·prieve
    /rəˈprēv/

    verb

    • 1. cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death): "under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved" Similar grant a stay of execution tocancel/postpone/commute/remit someone's punishmentpardonspareOpposite chargepunish

    noun

    • 1. a cancellation or postponement of a punishment: "he accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve"

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