Word: reprieving
Synonyms: reprieving
grant a stay of execution to, pardon, spare, grant an amnesty to, amnesty, let off, let off the hook, save, rescue, take off the hit list, respite
Translations: reprieving
Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
providencia inhibitoria
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german
Translations:
begnadigend, befristend
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french
Translations:
accordant un sursis
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greek
Translations:
ανστολή
The meaning and "use of": reprieving
verb
- cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death). - under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved