How to pronounce“reprieve”in English
take the friction out of their very difficult life, they're working a hard job, they're making a long commute, they're going about their day, and maybe that's kind of their
reprieve at the end of the day, or it's taking the fraction out of their everyday life, that's very difficult.
How would you get them on board on your side of preventing the abyss?
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Definitions of “reprieve”
To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
To bring relief to someone.
“Company […] may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.”
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
“The prisoner was saved from execution; the governor had requested a reprieve.”
A document authorizing such an action.
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