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Definition
delay or halt punishment; or a warrant granting such — especially a death sentence
or:
relieve temporarily
or:
relieve temporarily
- 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
- I drift off, reprieved, relieved, and with the number eleven still flashing behind my eyelids.p. 109.3
There are no more uses of "reprieve" in The Hunger Games.
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