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Reprieves
- noun - a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
- relieve temporarily
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
Reprimand
- noun - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
- Berate
- censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
- rebuke formally
- Tell off
Reprinted
- verb - print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise"
Reprisals
- noun - a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
Reprising
- verb - happen again
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Reprizing
- verb - repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Reptilian
- adjective - any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
- of or relating to the class Reptilia
Requicken
- - To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.
Requiring
- verb - consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
- have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
- make someone do something
- require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"