Both Uses
reprieve
in
The Hunger Games
(Auto-generated)
- I drift off, reprieved, relieved, and with the number eleven still flashing behind my eyelids.†
p. 109.3
- Darkness has given me a brief reprieve, but by the time the sun rises, the Careers will have formulated a plan to kill me.
p. 186.5 *reprieve = delay offering temporary relief
Definitions:
-
(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)