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reprieve
Overview of noun reprieve
The noun reprieve has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) reprieve, respite -- (a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort)
2. suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement -- (an interruption in the intensity or amount of something)
3. reprieve -- (a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence))
4. reprieve, respite -- (the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment)
Overview of verb reprieve
The verb reprieve has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. reprieve, respite -- (postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution)
2. reprieve -- (relieve temporarily)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reprieve
4 senses of reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
=> relief, ease
=> comfort, comfortableness
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
=> interruption, break
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
reprieve
=> warrant
=> writ, judicial writ
=> legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
=> document, written document, papers
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
reprieve, respite
=> clemency, mercifulness, mercy
=> lenience, leniency
=> tolerance
=> allowance
=> license, permission, permit
=> authorization, authorisation, empowerment
=> management, direction
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun reprieve
1 of 4 senses of reprieve
Sense 2
suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
=> defervescence
=> remission, remittal, subsidence
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reprieve
4 senses of reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
=> relief, ease
Sense 2
suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
=> interruption, break
Sense 3
reprieve
=> warrant
Sense 4
reprieve, respite
=> clemency, mercifulness, mercy
Antonyms of noun reprieve
Member Holonyms of noun reprieve
Substance Holonyms of noun reprieve
Part Holonyms of noun reprieve
Member Meronyms of noun reprieve
Substance Meronyms of noun reprieve
Part Meronyms of noun reprieve
Meronyms of noun reprieve
Holonyms of noun reprieve
Attributes of noun reprieve
Derived Forms of noun reprieve
3 of 4 senses of reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
RELATED TO>(verb) reprieve#2
=> reprieve
Sense 3
reprieve
RELATED TO>(verb) reprieve#1
=> reprieve, respite
Sense 4
reprieve, respite
RELATED TO>(verb) reprieve#1
=> reprieve, respite
Domain of noun reprieve
2 of 4 senses of reprieve
Sense 3
reprieve
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Sense 4
reprieve, respite
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun reprieve
Familiarity of noun reprieve
reprieve used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun reprieve
4 senses of reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
> relief, ease
=> reprieve, respite
Sense 2
suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
> interruption, break
=> dislocation, disruption
=> punctuation
=> suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
=> eclipse, occultation
Sense 3
reprieve
> warrant
=> search warrant
=> bench warrant, arrest warrant
=> death warrant
=> cachet, lettre de cachet
=> reprieve
=> commutation
=> pardon, amnesty
Sense 4
reprieve, respite
> clemency, mercifulness, mercy
=> commutation, re-sentencing
=> amnesty, pardon, free pardon
=> quarter
=> reprieve, respite
Meronyms of noun reprieve
4 senses of reprieve
Sense 3
reprieve
=> warrant
=> writ, judicial writ
=> legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
=> document, written document, papers
HAS PART: article, clause
HAS PART: preamble
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Holonyms of noun reprieve
Grep of noun reprieve
reprieve
Antonyms of verb reprieve
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reprieve
2 senses of reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
=> postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
=> delay
=> wait, hold off, hold back
=> act, move
Sense 2
reprieve
=> rescue, deliver
=> save, carry through, pull through, bring through
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb reprieve
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reprieve
2 senses of reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
=> postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
Sense 2
reprieve
=> rescue, deliver
'Cause To' of verb reprieve
Derived Forms of verb reprieve
2 senses of reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
RELATED TO>(noun) reprieve#4
=> reprieve, respite
RELATED TO>(noun) reprieve#3
=> reprieve
Sense 2
reprieve
RELATED TO>(noun) reprieve#1
=> reprieve, respite
Domain of verb reprieve
Domain Terms of verb reprieve
Familiarity of verb reprieve
reprieve used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb reprieve
2 senses of reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
reprieve
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb reprieve
2 senses of reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
> postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
=> call
=> hold
=> suspend
=> probate
=> reprieve, respite
Sense 2
reprieve
> rescue, deliver
=> salvage, salve, relieve, save
=> reprieve
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb reprieve
Sense 1
reprieve, respite
=> postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
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Sense 2
reprieve
=> rescue, deliver
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Grep of verb reprieve
reprieve
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