資料來源 : pyDict

緩刑,緩刑令,暫緩暫減,緩期執行

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reprieve \Re*prieve\ (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprieved}
   (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprieving}.] [OE. repreven to
   reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn
   (pres. il reprueve), F. r['e]prouver to disapprove, fr. L.
   reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try,
   prove. See {Prove}, and cf. {Reprove}, {Reprobate}.]
   1. 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.

            He reprieves the sinnner from time to time.
                                                  --Rogers.

   2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily.

            Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his
            melaneholy yet can not secure him from his
            conscience.                           --South.

Reprieve \Re*prieve"\ (r?-pr?v"), n.
   1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence,
      especially of a sentence of death.

            The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve
            was sent to suspend the execution for three days.
      --Clarendon.

   2. Interval of ease or relief; respite.

            All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget
            to love, and learn to grieve.         --Denham.

資料來源 : WordNet®

reprieve
     n 1: a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [syn: {respite}]
     2: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
        [syn: {suspension}, {respite}, {hiatus}, {abatement}]
     3: a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the
        execution of the death sentence)
     4: the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
        [syn: {respite}]
     v 1: postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an
          execution [syn: {respite}]
     2: relieve temporarily