reprieve /ri-prēvˈ/ (Shakespeare repreeve /-prēvˈ/; Spenser reprive or repryve /-prīvˈ/)

1. To delay the execution of
2. To give a respite to
3. To rescue, redeem

1. A suspension of a criminal sentence, esp a death sentence
2. Interval of ease or relief

reprievˈal noun

• interdepartmentally
• interdepend
• interdepended
• interdependence
• interdependency
• interdependent
• interdependently
• interdepending
• interdepends
• interdict
• interdicted
• interdicting
• interdiction
• interdictions
• interdictive
• interdictor
• interdictors
• interdictory
• interdicts
• make a point of
• make a poor mouth
• make a reasonable fist of
• make a rod for one's own back
• make a shaft or a bolt of it
• make as if