reprieve vs scorn

reprieve

verb
  • To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something). 

  • To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution. 

  • To bring relief to someone. 

noun
  • A document authorizing such an action. 

  • Relief from pain etc., especially temporary. 

  • A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many. 

  • The cancellation or postponement of a punishment. 

scorn

verb
  • To reject, turn down. 

  • To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. 

  • To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. 

  • To scoff, to express contempt. 

noun
  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • Contempt or disdain. 

  • An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. 

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