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Reprieve
- 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
Reprimer
- - A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.
Reprints
- noun - a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
- a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
- print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise"
Reprisal
- noun - a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
Reprised
- verb - happen again
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Reprises
- verb - happen again
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Reprized
- verb - repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Reprizes
- verb - repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Reproach
- noun - a mild rebuke or criticism; "words of reproach"
- disgrace or shame; "he brought reproach upon his family"
- express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior"
Reproofs
- noun - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
- 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"