Reprieve vs Reprieved - What's the difference?
reprieve | reprieved |
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.
(reprieve)
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.
As verbs the difference between reprieve and reprieved
is that reprieve is to cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution while reprieved is (reprieve).As a noun reprieve
is the cancellation or postponement of a punishment.reprieve
English
Verb
(repriev)- Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
Derived terms
* reprievalNoun
(en noun)References
reprieved
English
Verb
(head)reprieve
English
Verb
(repriev)- Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
