Both Uses
reprieve
in
Atlas Shrugged
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- He closed the door of his bedroom like a fugitive winning a moment's reprieve.†
Chpt 1.10 *
- "It's only a matter of weathering this crisis," said Mouch, "of giving people a reprieve, a chance to catch up."†
Chpt 3.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(reprieve) temporary relief from something difficult or unpleasant; can also refer to a delay in punishment -- especially the death penalty
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)