Bible Dictionaries
Reprieve
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Interval of ease or relief; respite.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(v. t.) To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
(4):
(n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Reprieve'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/reprieve.html. 1828.