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verb (used with object)
1.
to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
2.
to relieve temporarily from any evil.
noun
3.
a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death.
4.
a warrant authorizing this.
5.
any respite or temporary relief.
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Reprieved
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
reprieve
1571, "take back to prison," from M.E. repryen "to remand, detain" (1494), probably from M.Fr. repris, pp. of reprendre "take back" (see reprise). Meaning "to suspend an impending execution" is recorded from 1596. Sense evolved because being sent back to prison was the alternative
EXPANDto being executed. The noun is first attested 1598.
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