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(1):

(n.) Interval of ease or relief; respite.

(2):

(v. t.) To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

(3):

(v. t.) To relieve for a time, or temporarily.

(4):

(n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.