a cancellation or postponement of a punishment:he accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve
a cancellation or postponement of an undesirable event:a mother who faced eviction has been given a reprieve
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cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death):under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved
abandon or postpone plans to close or abolish (something):the threatened pits could be reprieved
