Contempt vs Reprieve - What's the difference?
contempt | reprieve |
(uncountable) The state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
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, title= The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
To bring relief to someone.
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(obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
A document authorizing such an action.
Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
As nouns the difference between contempt and reprieve
is that contempt is (uncountable) the state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain while reprieve is the cancellation or postponement of a punishment.As a verb reprieve is
to cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.contempt
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(wikipedia contempt)Alternative forms
* (obsolete) * (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}
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* contemptible * contempt of Congress * contempt of court * contempt of Parliament * contemptuous * familiarity breeds contemptExternal links
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Verb
(repriev)- Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.