Dictionary Entry
reprieve
reprieve is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
- 3noun
A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.
- 4noun
Interval of ease or relief; respite.
- 5noun
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
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- 6noun
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
- 7noun
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
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- 8noun
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
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- 9verb
relieve temporarily
- 10verb
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
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