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Reprieve vs Acquisition - What's the difference?

reprieve | acquisition |

As nouns the difference between reprieve and acquisition

is that reprieve is the cancellation or postponement of a punishment while acquisition is the act or process of acquiring.

As a verb reprieve

is to cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.

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.

    • References

    acquisition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of acquiring.
    • The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
  • The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
    • ''That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition .

    Synonyms

    * (an act of acquiring) accession, procurement * (a thing acquired) accession, acquirement

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