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Repreve vs Reprieve - What's the difference?

repreve | reprieve |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between repreve and reprieve

is that repreve is (obsolete) reproof while reprieve is (obsolete) to take back to prison (in lieu of execution).

As nouns the difference between repreve and reprieve

is that repreve is (obsolete) reproof 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.

repreve

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) reproof
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    reprieve

    English

    Verb

    (repriev)
  • To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
  • To bring relief to someone.
  • * South
    • Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
  • (obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).

    • Derived terms

    * reprieval

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
  • A document authorizing such an action.
  • Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.

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