Forgive vs Reprieve - What's the difference?
forgive | reprieve |
To pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment.
To accord forgiveness.
To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
To bring relief to someone.
* South
(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.
In lang=en terms the difference between forgive and reprieve
is that forgive is to accord forgiveness while reprieve is to bring relief to someone.As verbs the difference between forgive and reprieve
is that forgive is to pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment while reprieve is to cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.As a noun reprieve is
the cancellation or postponement of a punishment.forgive
English
Verb
- Only the brave know how to forgive'''...A coward never '''forgave ; it is not in his nature. -
Derived terms
* *reprieve
English
Verb
(repriev)- Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.