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Reprieves vs Reprieved - What's the difference?

reprieves | reprieved |

As verbs the difference between reprieves and reprieved

is that reprieves is (reprieve) while reprieved is (reprieve).

As a noun reprieves

is .

reprieves

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (reprieve)

    • Anagrams

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    reprieved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (reprieve)

    • 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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