What is another word for Reprieved?

Pronunciation: [ɹɪpɹˈiːvd] (IPA)

Reprieved is a term used to describe a temporary relief or postponement of a punishment or penalty. It can also refer to a pardon or exemption from a sentence. Synonyms for reprieved include acquitted, pardoned, spared, exonerated, released, alleviated, and forgiven. Other similar words include commuted, remitted, amnestied, absolved, and vindicated. These words all imply that someone has been relieved of a punishment or penalty for a crime or offense. The use of any of these words can be effective in describing a legal situation, or a situation in which someone was saved from imminent danger or harm.

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Usage examples for Reprieved

A man condemned to die and suddenly Reprieved; another suddenly released from awful slavery; a third suffering from heavy sorrow and suddenly overwhelmed with good tidings-any of these will know what we felt.
"In the Days of Drake"
J. S. Fletcher
Even some of the papers asked that he might be Reprieved.
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola
On the scaffold Van Baerle was Reprieved and sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, for the Prince of Orange shrank from further bloodshed.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol III"
Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

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