Crossword-Solution: REPRIEVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Reprieve | 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. |
| Reprieve | v. t. | To relieve for a time, or temporarily. |
| Reprieve | n. | A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. |
| Reprieve | n. | Interval of ease or relief; respite. |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with REPRIEVE (5)
Jane would have begged for a further reprieve, had it not been that she too had begun to believe that her forest lover would return no more.
Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve You never heard tell of the story? Well, now, I can hardly believe! Never heard of the honour and glory Of Pardon, the son of Reprieve? But maybe you're only a Johnnie And don't know a horse from a hoe? Well, well, don't get angry, my sonny, But, really, a young un should know.
What shall we find when death gives leave To read--our sentence or reprieve?_ I'm holding it down on God's scrap-pile, up on the fag-end of earth; O'er me a menace of mountains, a river that grits at my feet; Face to face with my soul-self, weighing my life at its worth; Wondering what I was made for, here in my last retreat.
But, as time went on and the efforts of his advocate to obtain a commutation of his sentence held out some hope of reprieve, Eyraud became more reluctant to quit the world.
The Governor was induced to recall his reprieve, and she was executed, protesting her innocence and praying for her enemies.(399) (399) See Drake, The Witchcraft Delusion in New England, vol.
Quotes with REPRIEVE (3)
Of all the many people we meet in a lifetime, it is strange that so many of us find ourselves in thrall to one particular person. Once that face is seen, an involuntary heartache sets in for which there is no cure. All the wonder of this world finds shape in that one person and thereafter there is no reprieve, because this kind of love does not end, or not until death.
The heart's actionsare neither the sentence nor its reprieve. Salt hay and thistles, above the cold granite. One bird singing back to another because it can't not.
There is no reprieve when you have a broken mind; cease-fires are rare. Even on good days, you know everything could change on a dime. Fear is your constant shadow
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 14 times in crossword archives (1958–2017).