REPRIEVE Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of reprieve

as in pause

a temporary halt in an activity or condition The pool offered a welcome reprieve from the heat.

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Relevance

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as in parole

law a temporary release from the obligation to serve punishment for a crime The judge ordered a reprieve of the execution so the accused would have time to appeal the decision.

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reprieve

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verb

as in to pardon

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pardon

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as in to relieve

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Noun

Temperatures remained high through the night, providing little reprieve from the sweltering heat. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026 The reprieve was short lived, however, and agriculture experts say a combination of factors have contributed to the return of the species. — Alice Park, Time, 2 July 2026

Verb

In a gift to pharma, the bill broadened reprieves to drugs that treat rare conditions. — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025 Aside from the offerings of the market itself, the square is also lined with many shops, boutiques, and department stores that provide plenty of options for visitors, as well as indoor reprieves from the cold. — Jasmine Ting, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reprieve

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprieve

Noun

The stock has eased slightly since then to around $171, a normal pause after such a steep run, and the level to watch is whether that old $130 breakout zone holds if the pullback extends.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Packages flow directly from dock doors into scanning, identification and stacking—with no pauses, no handoffs and no redesigns.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 July 2026

Definition of pause

Noun

Hoffman was facing up to a life sentence without parole, but prosecutors offered a misdemeanor plea deal that included a 30-day jail sentence.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
The Budapest Metropolitan Court on Thursday found the man guilty of murder and sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

— Associate Press, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of parole

Verb

The last woman to be executed in Britain, for gunning down her abusive lover outside a London pub more than 70 years ago, will be conditionally pardoned, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said Wednesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
The White House did not immediately respond to USA TODAY seeking names of those pardoned.

— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of pardon

Noun

Research at the University of California, Irvine in 2008 found that returning to full focus after an interruption can take an average of 23 minutes.

— Faustino Júnior, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
In February 2025, Musk admitted DOGE accidentally ended—and then quickly restored—funding for Ebola prevention, saying there was no interruption to programming.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 July 2026

Definition of interruption

Noun

Interim Ohio Republican Attorney General Andy Wilson expressed relief that DeWine didn't choose to use commutations and that his office will continue working to uphold the current law.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 June 2026
In Wells, after accepting the commutation, the defendant-petitioner argued that the president possessed the authority to issue only absolute pardons, not conditional ones, and that the petitioner’s acceptance of the conditional pardon was made under duress.

— Robert Radick, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Definition of commutation

Verb

The league also will implant contact-sensing computer chips in each basketball to aid officials with out-of-bounds replays.

— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026
When Martín is kidnapped by a monster, Cleo ventures into the jungle to rescue him, aided by an elderly witch and a naughty anteater.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 9 July 2026

Definition of aid

Noun

The Rangers will have one final game before the All-Star break against the Astros and will look to regain momentum.

— Cal Phillips Updated July 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2026
Last year at the All-Star break, the Sox were 32-65 and 27 games back in the AL Central.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of break

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