reprieve
US: /ɹiˈpɹiv/
UK: /ɹɪpɹˈiːv/
UK: /ɹɪpɹˈiːv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
reprieve /ri'pri:v/
- danh từ
- (pháp lý) sự hoãn thi hành một bản án tử hình
- sự cho hoãn
- sự ân xá, sự giảm tội; lệnh ân xá, lệnh giảm tội
- ngoại động từ
- (pháp lý) hoãn thi hành một bản án (tử hình)
- the death sentence was reprieved: án tử hình đó đã hoãn lại
- cho hoãn lại
- (pháp lý) hoãn thi hành một bản án (tử hình)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN] [usually passive] (not usually used in the progressive tenses)
1 to officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is CONDEMNED to death: a reprieved murderer
2 to officially cancel or delay plans to close sth or end sth: 70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
+ noun [usually sing.]
1 an official order stopping a punishment, especially for a prisoner who is CONDEMNED to death
2 a delay before sth bad happens: Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 respite, rescue, save; let off, spare:
The Home Secretary reprieved the prisoner from execution pending further investigation.
n.
2 delay, postponement, suspension, remission, respite, stay, amnesty:
The governor granted the condemned man a reprieve at the eleventh hour.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
temporary | last-minute
He was saved from the gallows by a last-minute reprieve.
VERB + REPRIEVE
earn, gain, get, win | give sb/sth, grant (sb/sth)
The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve.
PREP.
~ from
The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.
Concise English dictionary
reprieves|reprieved|reprievingrɪ'prɪːv
noun
+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)
+the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
verb
+postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
+relieve temporarily
