reprieve
ਰਾਹਤ
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
However, the foreign earnings deduction, which is due to expire at the end of this month did not receive a 'reprieve' .
An increased supply of rental accommodation has resulted in a welcome 'reprieve' from spiralling rents for tenants around the country, and particularly in Dublin.
he accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for 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.
The necessary delays in explaining the new evidence, the mechanics of ordering a 'reprieve' and so on are then all simply omitted.
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.
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.
Worse, the 'reprieve' came too late for the Glazers.
Instead, after a 'reprieve' in 1833, the central government engaged in more and more trade protectionism and centralized tyranny, which helped lead to war.
a mother who faced eviction has been given a 'reprieve'
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.
I once spent hours sketching, a wonderful 'reprieve' from the endless flow of words my work entails.
The theater becomes a site of self-forgetfulness for audiences who experience a 'reprieve' from disciplines associated with memory.
The exchange between the mayor, Sheriff Hartwell and him when he first appears with the 'reprieve' from the governor is simply priceless.
Another possible outcome is that global uncertainty could give the US dollar a 'reprieve' from its recent slide.
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 bank won a 'reprieve' by coming back to us with an offer we couldn't refuse.
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.
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.
Despite these 'reprieves' , the style of the show is somehow off, the music awkward, the direction formless.
That the Home Secretary 'reprieved' Edmunds on ground of insanity rather than simply commuting her death sentence to a life term (the far more common response to a death sentence) is intriguing.
Brief 'reprieves' , however, from a society riven with sectarianism are possible by visiting some of Northern Ireland's wonderful countryside.
In 1543 he was condemned to be burnt as a heretic for his adherence to Calvinism, but he was 'reprieved' by Henry VIII and on his release from prison returned to St George's.
It also experienced a lower level of executions than the early 17th century, with many convicted persons being 'reprieved' , notably before being transported to the American colonies.
He has faced numerous anxious moments over the years, spending time in immigration detention centres and winning last-minute 'reprieves' .
Antipholus of Ephesus, finally obtaining the ransom money he sent for, offers to pay it to redeem Egeon, but the Duke 'reprieves' the old man without payment.
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.
An examination of the role of the Home Office in 'reprieving' condemned prisoners can be found in R. Chadwick's Bureaucratic Mercy: The Home Office and the Treatment of Capital Cases in Victorian Britain.
Instead, the film buckles under the weight of its subject matter and resorts to a blur of fraught chases, narrow scrapes and miraculous 'reprieves' .
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