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Reprieve vs Reconciliation - What's the difference?

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Reprieve is a related term of reconciliation.


As nouns the difference between reprieve and reconciliation

is that reprieve is the cancellation or postponement of a punishment while reconciliation is reconciliation (process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement).

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

    reconciliation

    English

    (wikipedia reconciliation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement.
    • He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but too many painful memories kept him from making contact again.
  • (theology) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of the process of atonement; more specifically,
  • :* A Roman Catholic sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution; penance.
  • (accounting) Process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement.

    • Synonyms

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