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Deferment vs Reprieve - What's the difference?

deferment | reprieve |

As nouns the difference between deferment and reprieve

is that deferment is an act or instance of deferring or putting off 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.

deferment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
  • Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.

    • Synonyms

    * deferral

    Anagrams

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    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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