Respite (Verb)
Meaning
Postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution.
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The court's decision was to respite the man's execution for a month to further review his appeal.
- The governor's power to respite a death sentence was instrumental in the case of the wrongly accused inmate.
- Lawyers filed an appeal to respite the convict's scheduled execution date in hopes of proving his innocence.
- A new DNA test led the judge to respite the condemned man's sentence until the test results could be verified.
- Activists pushed for the government to respite the capital punishment of the convicted woman, alleging wrongful conviction.