reprieve
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
- To bring relief to someone.
- (obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
- To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something).
Sinonieme
grant respite
Frekwensie
Koppelteken as
re‧prieve
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈpɹiːv/
Etimologie (Engels)
1571, in sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), probably from Middle French repris, form of reprendre (“take back”); cognate to reprise. Sense generalized, but retains connotations of punishment and execution. Noun attested 1598.
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