reprieve
അവധി അനുവദിച്ചു
definition
verb
under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved
cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
noun
Official reprieves and pardons were not uncommon, and some such acts of mercy were purposely announced only when the convicted stood on the scaffold and spectators had assembled.
a cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
example
Therefore, what they all need is a temporary 'reprieve' , a carefully engineered environment of apparent dollar strength that will allow them to quietly unload what they could never openly propose to sell.
The exchange between the mayor, Sheriff Hartwell and him when he first appears with the 'reprieve' from the governor is simply priceless.
Those who cannot afford to buy bonds, or who prefer to invest in productive endeavors, must pay in future taxes for the 'reprieve' of not being taxed in the present.
Another possible outcome is that global uncertainty could give the US dollar a 'reprieve' from its recent slide.
Instead, after a 'reprieve' in 1833, the central government engaged in more and more trade protectionism and centralized tyranny, which helped lead to war.
However, the foreign earnings deduction, which is due to expire at the end of this month did not receive a 'reprieve' .
Ibrahim recently received a 'reprieve' when an Egyptian court released him and ordered a retrial - after a strong protest from the Bush Administration.
a mother who faced eviction has been given a 'reprieve'
a mother who faced eviction has been given a 'reprieve'
This may be a welcome 'reprieve' , but taxpayers and their advisors should still consider the proposed rules when evaluating investments.
An increased supply of rental accommodation has resulted in a welcome 'reprieve' from spiralling rents for tenants around the country, and particularly in Dublin.
The theater becomes a site of self-forgetfulness for audiences who experience a 'reprieve' from disciplines associated with memory.
We had a brief 'reprieve' earlier this week from the oppressive heat of the Washington summer, but the last couple days have been dangerously hot.
The victim's fellow prisoners may bang the hot water pipes in sympathy but they also bet their Sunday bacon on whether or not he'll get a 'reprieve' .
The necessary delays in explaining the new evidence, the mechanics of ordering a 'reprieve' and so on are then all simply omitted.
Worse, the 'reprieve' came too late for the Glazers.
he accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a 'reprieve'
I once spent hours sketching, a wonderful 'reprieve' from the endless flow of words my work entails.
I actually laughed out loud during the scene, partly as a temporary 'reprieve' from the tension, partly out of sheer admiration for Anderson's gifts.
The bank won a 'reprieve' by coming back to us with an offer we couldn't refuse.
After many 'reprieves' , the company, one of South Australia's biggest employers, may be consigned to history tonight.
Despite these 'reprieves' , the style of the show is somehow off, the music awkward, the direction formless.
They laughed like men 'reprieved' , and when the bottle of whisky was finished Staten gripping it by the neck flung it far out to sea.
But now the town hall is 'reprieving' seven of the toilets and is to spend more than £10,400 keeping them open, following a wave of protest.
From here it was basically downhill, though with occasional 'reprieves' .
The president can grant 'reprieves' and pardons (except in the case of impeachment).
In the corner was a chipped jug, and on the walls were carvings in the stone, names, crude drawings of gladiators, in their armour, tallies of battles won, of 'reprieves' granted.
The conspirators, a group of teachers and lawyers led by an educational theorist called Picornell, were condemned to death but 'reprieved' on French insistence when peace was concluded.
‘I only 'reprieved' your penalty because I needed something quickly and you were the only one who could undergo the mission in time,’ Hador replied coldly.
Zhang himself was sentenced to death for his action, though Lin was immediately 'reprieved' and placed under arrest.
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