All reprieve synonyms
reΒ·prieve
R r noun reprieve
- grace β William Russell, 1832β1904, U.S. financier and shipping magnate, born in Ireland: mayor of New York City 1880β88.
- acquittal β Acquittal is a formal declaration in a court of law that someone who has been accused of a crime is innocent.
- logjam β an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
- exoneration β The action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication.
- lifeboat β a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- freeing β Present participle of free.
- demurral β the act or an instance of demurring
- mollification β to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- lifesaver β a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- allayment β an abatement, moderation or alleviation
- moratorium β a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
- hangup β Alternative spelling of hang-up.
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- cooling-off period β A cooling-off period is an agreed period of time during which two sides with opposing views try to resolve a dispute before taking any serious action.
- compassionateness β The state or quality of being compassionate.
- extrication β The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
- deescalation β a decrease in scope, volume or extension.
- hold-up β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- lenience β the quality or state of being lenient.
- interregnum β an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
- caritas β charity
- commute β If you commute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work.
- ceasefire β A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
- amnesty β An amnesty is an official pardon granted to a group of prisoners by the state.
- forgiveness β act of forgiving; state of being forgiven.
- mercifulness β full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
verb reprieve
- nested β (of an ordered collection of sets or intervals) having the property that each set is contained in the preceding set and the length or diameter of the sets approaches zero as the number of sets tends to infinity.
- excuse β Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
- fall away β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- manumit β to release from slavery or servitude.
- disenthralled β to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- intermitted β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- kiss and make up β be reconciled
- disenthralling β to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- outstay β to stay longer than.
- hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- laugh off β to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- hang in β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- intermitting β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- amnestied β a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- let bygones be bygones β past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.
- feel for β to perceive or examine by touch.
- ease up β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- bailed β Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- lasted β to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
- forgive β to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- bunking β a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.