reprieve

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
respite
• Hypernyms:
relief, ease
2. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
• Syn:
suspension, respite, hiatus, abatement
• Derivationally related forms:
abate (for: abatement), suspend (for: suspension)
• Hypernyms:
interruption, break
• Hyponyms:
defervescence, remission, remittal, subsidence
3. a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
warrant
4. the act of reprieving;
postponing or remitting punishment
• Syn:
respite
• Derivationally related forms:
respite (for: respite)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
clemency, mercifulness, mercy

II - verb

1. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
• Syn:
respite
• Derivationally related forms:
respite (for: respite)
• Hypernyms:
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table,
shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. relieve temporarily
• Hypernyms:
rescue, deliver
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  respite, suspension, hiatus, abatement