a last-minute reprieve
1last-minute — adj. Last minute is used with these nouns: ↑cancellation, ↑dash, ↑deal, ↑decision, ↑errand, ↑fare, ↑hitch, ↑panic, ↑penalty, ↑preparation, ↑replacement, ↑ …
2reprieve — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, temporary ▪ welcome ▪ last minute ▪ He was saved from the electric chair by a last minute reprieve. VERB + REPRIEVE …
3reprieve — [[t]rɪpri͟ːv[/t]] reprieves, reprieving, reprieved 1) VERB: usu passive, no cont If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled. [be V ed] Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for… …
4reprieve — 1 verb (transitive usually passive) to officially stop a prisoner from being killed as a punishment 2 noun (C) an official order stopping the killing of a prisoner as a punishment: A last minute reprieve saved him …
5reprieve — 1. verb 1) less than two hours ago the governor reprieved Edgerton Syn: grant a stay of execution to, pardon, spare, grant an amnesty to, amnesty; informal let off, let off the hook 2) the project has been reprieved Syn: save, rescue; informal… …
6reprieve — I noun day of grace, deferment, delay, delay in execution, delay in punishment, dispensation, interval of ease, moratorium, pause, postponement, postponement of penalty, quittance, respite, respite from impending punishment, stay, stay of… …
7Capital punishment — Death penalty and Death sentence redirect here. For other uses, see Death penalty (disambiguation) and Death sentence (disambiguation). Execution and Execute redirect here. For other uses, see Execution (disambiguation) and Execute… …
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10ENGLAND — The British Isles were unknown to the Jews until a late date, and the settlement of the Jews in medieval England was among the latest in Europe. It is possible that a small nucleus was to be found there under the Romans and that in the Saxon… …
