reprievedadj.n.
/rᵻˈpriːvd/, U.S. /rəˈprivd/, /riˈprivd/ That is or has been reprieved. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): reprieved people as a class.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [adjective] > having execution delayed or suspended
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [adjective] > reprieved
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1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Fi Els the condempned & repriued parsons may aswell & as iustly be put to death after this proffe, as when they were first cast.
1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. G6v The elders of this circumsized race, (Which with repriued pris'nour turne a ge'n).
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 111 To enclose him in a Pyx like a reprieved prisoner.
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 i. 81/2 The reprieved were turned over to the Grafton and Sunderland.
1798 N. Strong Serm. on Var. Subj. I. viii. 132 If the reprieved person go to Christ,..divine grace will declare him free from condemnation.
1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. iv. 76 Never reprieved wretch felt what I experience.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxi. 457 A fortnight after the return of the reprieved prisoners to the Tower of London.
1904 A. L. Allinson tr. J. Michelet Sorceress ii. 141 On one scaffold stood the condemned Sorceresses..and on another the crowd of the reprieved.
1960 Sunday Express 25 Dec. 10/2 A reprieved mass-murderer in Dartmoor.
2000 M. E. Lewis in H. J. Van Der Ven Warfare in Chinese Hist. 58 A previous force of 2,500 men had proved inadequate, and they included the reprieved convicts of a single year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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