α. 1500s–1600s repriuall, 1600s repryvall, 1600s–1700s reprival, 1600s–1700s reprivall.
β. 1600s repreeual, 1600s reprievall, 1600s (1700s Irish English) repreeval, 1600s– reprieval; also Scottish pre-1700 reprayfell.
reprievaln.
/rᵻˈpriːvl/, U.S. /rəˈpriv(ə)l/, /riˈpriv(ə)l/ Now rare.
A reprieve, a respite; (also) the action of reprieving a person or the fact of being reprieved. Cf. reprieve n.Common in 17th cent.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > temporary, from trouble or calamity
reprievala1586
reprieve1635
society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > reprieve or delay in carrying out
respitea1475
reprievala1586
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > asked for or granted
fristc1175
respitec1300
sojourningc1400
respetta1450
reprievala1586
reservation1590
short shrift1815
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > execution of judgement > reprieve, remission, or release from penalty
releasing1395
retreatinga1450
relaxation1520
reprivation1583
reprievala1586
reprieve1594
remission1625
reprievement1633
remish1958
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β. 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (3rd impr.) sig. C5 His [sc. the sailor's] sleepes are but repreuals [1615 (6th impr.) repreeuals] of his dangers.1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 25 The Baron was again committed to prison, till the Queen Mother had wooed the people..to admit of his reprievall.1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. viii. 156 Is not the very reprieval of the World from deserved ruine and misery so many thousand years an Act of Grace?1742 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible (rev. ed.) I. i. 86/2 The Space of 120 Years (which was the Term limited for their Reprieval).1821 R. Southey Vision of Judgem. iv. 14 Change of place to them brought no reprieval from anguish.1874 S. Baring-Gould Yorks. Oddities (1875) II. 242 The Parliament having remonstrated at the reprieval of Popish recusants, the King reluctantly signed the warrant for their execution.1914 Times 23 June 13/2 It must clearly be understood that this is a postponement, and not a release. It is a reprieval and not an acquittal.1956 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 17 Aug. 16/4 Strange, reality should be treated lighter than a two-hour show; odd, that mock trials should be tax-supported; pitiful, complete reprieval should enhance the chances for repeat performances.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Hh1 Gynæcia, to whome the fearefull agonies she still liued in made any small repriuall sweete.
c1595 R. Southwell St. Peter's Complaint 31 Senses and soules repriuall from all cumbers.
1669 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 98 Wee..ordered that the reprivall of the said Walter..should be continued untill the next Summer Assizes.
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. Peter in Wks. (1859) 220/2 These reprivals and prolongings of this present life.
1706 J. Cockburn Humane Life Displayed 7 These first Reasons ceasing, ever since the Term of Life or more properly, the Reprival from Death, has been shortned.
a1756 H. Davidson Dark Providences (1767) 22 Know it, despisers of God's salvation through Christ, that this just and righteous God is only giving you the reprival.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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