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0 an official order that stops or delays the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner:
1 to stop or delay the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner
The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.
2 an official order to delay or stop a prisoner’s punishment, esp. the punishment of death: