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Verb reprieve has 2 senses
- reprieve, respite - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
--1 is one way to postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- reprieve - relieve temporarily
--2 is one way to rescue, deliver
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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