reprieve

/rɪˈpriːv/ noun [C]

Definition

PUNISHMENT › an official order that stops a prisoner from being killed as a punishment

SOMETHING UNPLEASANT › when something happens to stop a bad situation

reprieve verb [T]

(Definition of reprieve noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

describes a story that is probably not true although often told and believed by some people to have...

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