reprieve
Meaning of reprieve
noun
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
- To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
- To bring relief to someone.
- To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
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Hyphenation of reprieve
re-prieve
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- reprieve is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
reprieve synonyms
Meaning respite:
Meaning suspension:
suspension, respite, hiatus, abatement
Translation of reprieve
- Spanish: perdonar, disculpar, reducción, disminución, alivio, aplacamiento
- French: pardonner, excuser, réduction, diminution, baisse
- Italian: perdonare, abbattimento, diminuzione
- Portuguese: escusar
- German: vergeben, verzeihen, Lücke
Words that rhyme with reprieve
achieve, atchieve, chieve, mischieve, outachieve, outthieve, overachieve, reachieve, thieve, underachieve, kieve, believe, disbelieve, lieve, misbelieve, prebelieve, rebelieve, relieve, slieve, unbelieve, mieve, nieve, Grieve, aggrieve, brieve, engrieve, grieve, overgrieve, prieve, retrieve, rieve, scrieve, shrieve, undergrieve, undershrieve, ungrieve, sieve, stieve, Genevieve, Genvieve
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