·noun Interval of ease or relief; respite.
II. Reprieve ·vt To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
III. Reprieve ·noun A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.
IV. Reprieve ·vt 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.