LEARNit Dictionary
reprieve
verb
/rɪˈpriːv/
UK
/rɪˈpriːv/
US
1
to officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is condemned to death
تعلیق در اجرا, تعویق مجازات, لغو کردن مجازات, تعویق انداختن مجازات
2
to officially cancel or delay plans to close something or end something
به تأخیر انداختن, لغو موقت, تعویق
70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
noun
/rɪˈpriːv/
UK
/rɪˈpriːv/
US
1
an official order stopping a punishment, especially for a prisoner who is condemned to death
عفو موقت, توقف حکم, لغو موقت حکم, تعویق مجازات, توقف مجازات
synonym
a stay of execution
2
a delay before something bad happens
فرجه, مهلت, تاخیر, تعویق, عفو موقت, وقت اضافی
Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure.