a temporary reprieve

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• reprieve — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, temporary ▪ welcome ▪ last minute ▪ He was saved from the electric chair by a last minute reprieve. VERB + REPRIEVE …   Collocations dictionary

• reprieve — re|prieve1 [rıˈpri:v] n 1.) a delay before something bad happens or continues to happen →↑respite reprieve from ▪ Shoppers will get a temporary reprieve from the new sales tax. 2.) an official order stopping the killing of a prisoner as a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• reprieve — I noun day of grace, deferment, delay, delay in execution, delay in punishment, dispensation, interval of ease, moratorium, pause, postponement, postponement of penalty, quittance, respite, respite from impending punishment, stay, stay of… …   Law dictionary

• Reprieve — Re*prieve (r? pr?v ), n. 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. [1913 Webster] The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• reprieve — [ri prēv′] vt. reprieved, reprieving [earlier repry < Anglo Fr repris < MFr, pp. of reprendre, to take back, prob. altered by assoc. with ME repreven,REPROVE] 1. to postpone the punishment of; esp., to postpone the execution of (a person… …   English World dictionary

• temporary relief — index moratorium, reprieve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 temporary relief …   Law dictionary

• temporary escape — index reprieve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence — index reprieve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• reprieve — Temporary relief from or postponement of execution of criminal punishment or sentence. It does no more than stay the execution of a sentence for a time, and it is ordinarily an act of clemency extended to a prisoner to afford him an opportunity… …   Black's law dictionary

• reprieve — I. transitive verb (reprieved; reprieving) Etymology: probably blend of obsolete repreve to reprove (from Middle English) and obsolete repry to remand, postpone, from Anglo French repri , past stem of reprendre to take back Date: 1596 1. to delay …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• temporary — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ The arrangement s only temporary. ADVERB ▪ very ▪ strictly ▪ merely …   Collocations dictionary