The suspension of the execution of the death penalty for a period of time.
Reprieve is generally an act of clemency that is extended to a prisoner in order to give him or her an opportunity to find a means or reason for reducing the sentence imposed.
The term reprieve is also used generally in reference to the withdrawal of any sentence for a period of time.
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