(transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution. / (transitive) To bring relief to someone. / (transitive, obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).

The cancellation or postponement of a punishment. / A document authorizing such an action. / Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.

plural of reprieve

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprieve

simple past tense and past participle of reprieve

present participle of reprieve

the act, process or result of being reprieved

plural of reprieval

Able to be reprieved.

(archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprieve