
1) Abatement 2) Acquittal 3) Defervescence 4) Deliverance 5) Forgiveness 6) Hiatus 7) Pardon 8) Remission 9) Remit 10) Respite 11) Stay 12) Subsidence
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1) Ease 2) French word used in English 3) Gubernatorial warrant 4) Postponement of punishment 5) Relief 6) Relieve temporarily 7) Respite 8) Stay of execution 9) Stay on death row 10) Temporary pardon 11) Temporary relief 12) The act of reprieving 13) To bring relief to someone 14) To take back to prison
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- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
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n. a temporary delay in imposition of the death penalty (a punishment which cannot be reduced afterwards) by the executive order of the Governor of the state. Reasons for reprieves include the possibility of newly discovered evidence (another's involvement, evidence of mental impairment), awaiting the result of some last-minute appeal, or concern o...
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[Campaigning organisation] At one time a release of the Sega Saturn version was planned for a North American release but was later cancelled for unknown reasons. The game was later re-released in a slightly enhanced port for the PlayStation Portable in 2005 in Japan. Devil Summoner is a spinoff of the Megami Tensei series of games and the f...
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[organisation] Reprieve is any of a number of not-for-profit organisations around the world which work against the death penalty, with a particular focus on legal support for those facing the death penalty or held in secret prisons around the world. The founding Reprieve organisation is in the UK, and there are also organisations in the Uni...
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• (n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. • (v. t.) To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. • (n.) Interval of ease or relief; respite. • (v. t.) To relieve for a time,...
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(from the article `commutation`) ...which, if unconditional, removes the stigma both of the court decision and of the punishment and restores the person`s civil rights; commutation ...
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Legal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence of a criminal court. It is usually associated with the death penalty. It is distinct from a pardon (extinguishing the sentence) and...
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(n) A reprive is the executive order issued by the Governor of the state delaying death sentence awarded to a person. A reprive is issued when the penalty cannot be reduced in the present scenario but a reconsideration of the case is required
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to postpone a sentence so that a *petition for *pardon could be considered (most of those who were granted temporary reprieves seem to have subsequently been pardoned), or following a successful appeal for *benefit of belly
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Re·prieve' noun 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. « The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a
reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days.»
Clarendon. 2. Interval of ease or relief; re...
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Re·prieve transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Reprieved (-pr?vd');
present participle & verbal noun Reprieving .] [ Middle English
repreven to reject, disallow, Old French
reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pre...
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This term is derived from reprendre, to take back, and signifies the withdrawing of a sentence for an interval of time, and operates in delay of execution. It is granted by the favor of the pardoning power, or by the court who tried the prisoner. Reprieves are sometimes granted ex necessitate legis; for example, when a woman is convicted of a cap.....
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A temporary delay in imposition of the death penalty by order of the state's governor. Reasons for reprieves include the possibility of newly discovered evidence, awaiting the result of a last-minute appeal, or the governor's concern that there might have been some error in the record that should be examined. On occasion a reprieve has saved someon...
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[
n] - a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort 2. [n] - a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence) 3. [n] - the act of reprieving 4. [v] - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution 5. [v] - relieve temporarily
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reprieve, reprieving, reprieved 1. To delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person). 2. To relieve temporarily from any evil. 3. Respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death. 4. Any respite or temporary relief. 5. Etymology: to delay the execution or punishment of person. In 1571, reprive, 'take ...
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noun the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
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Legal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence of a criminal court. It is usually associated with the death penalty. It is distinct from a pardon (extinguishing the sentence) and commutation (alteration) of a sentence (for example, from death to life imprisonment)
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the act of postponing or remitting punishment
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relieve temporarily
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[Difficult words] postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
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