reprieve
ertelemek
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.
translation of 'reprieve'
verb
içini rahatlatmak,
yüreğine su serpmek,
rahat vermek,
ertelemek,
cezayı ertelemek
noun
ferahlık,
rahatlama,
cezanın ertelenmesi
example
Worse, the 'reprieve' came too late for the Glazers.
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.
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.
I once spent hours sketching, a wonderful 'reprieve' from the endless flow of words my work entails.
he accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a 'reprieve'
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.
Instead, after a 'reprieve' in 1833, the central government engaged in more and more trade protectionism and centralized tyranny, which helped lead to war.
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.
An increased supply of rental accommodation has resulted in a welcome 'reprieve' from spiralling rents for tenants around the country, and particularly in Dublin.
This may be a welcome 'reprieve' , but taxpayers and their advisors should still consider the proposed rules when evaluating investments.
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' .
Another possible outcome is that global uncertainty could give the US dollar a 'reprieve' from its recent slide.
The bank won a 'reprieve' by coming back to us with an offer we couldn't refuse.
The theater becomes a site of self-forgetfulness for audiences who experience a 'reprieve' from disciplines associated with memory.
However, the foreign earnings deduction, which is due to expire at the end of this month did not receive a 'reprieve' .
The exchange between the mayor, Sheriff Hartwell and him when he first appears with the 'reprieve' from the governor is simply priceless.
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.
a mother who faced eviction has been given a 'reprieve'
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.
Rudge is hanged, Barnaby is 'reprieved' from the gallows at the last moment, and Chester is killed by Haredale in a duel.
Only O'Sullivan was 'reprieved' at the last minute because of his youth.
Local officials were prolific too in petitioning central government for pardons and 'reprieves' for the condemned.
An Estonian skier and a Latvian bobsledder gained late 'reprieves' from drug bans on technicalities.
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.
When Anabaptists in 1575 and Jesuits in 1581 were condemned to death, Foxe wrote vehement letters to Queen Elizabeth and her courtiers, begging 'reprieves' .
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.
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.
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