0 present participle of reprieve
1 to stop or delay the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner
The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.
I suspect that the gross cost of reprieving the units involved would be in that region.
I hope that the review will show its integrity by reprieving that colliery, among others.
The same arguments can be adduced for reprieving the pint of milk.
There is also a case for reprieving both of them for a while.
Soon after his arrival he came into conflict with one of the judges by reprieving a prisoner sentenced to be hanged.
