Reprieve in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “reprieve” in Hindi is प्राणदंड की थोड़े समय के लिये रोक, pronounced daNDasthagan Adesh — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
First use appears c. 1513 in the writings of Robert Fabyan. In the sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), possibly from Middle French repris, in the form of reprendre (“take back”); a cognate to reprise. The sense has become generalized, but does retain connotations of punishment and execution. The noun's first use appears c. 1592.
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