different between reprieve vs reconciliation

English

Alternative forms

• repryve (obsolete), reprive (rare)

Etymology

1571, in sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), probably from Middle French repris, form of reprendre (“take back”); cognate to reprise. Sense generalized, but retains connotations of punishment and execution. Noun attested 1598. Compare to Latin privare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?i?v/
• Hyphenation: re?prieve

Verb

reprieve (third-person singular simple present reprieves, present participle reprieving, simple past and past participle reprieved)

1. (transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
2. (transitive) To bring relief to someone.

   • Company […] may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).

Derived terms

• reprieval

Related terms

• reprise
• reprisal
• reprehend

Noun

reprieve (plural reprieves)

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

1. The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
2. A document authorizing such an action.
3. Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.

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English

Etymology

From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reconciliaciun, reconsiliacion, reconsiliaciun, and Middle French reconciliation, reconsiliacion, reconsiliation (“act of reconciling; result of this act; act of bringing about agreement or harmony; reconsecration of a desecrated place”) (modern French réconciliation), and from their etymon Latin reconcili?ti? (“reinstatement, renewal, restoration; reconciliation”) (compare Late Latin reconcili?ti? (“reconciliation; reconsecration of a desecrated place”), from reconcili?re + -i? (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Reconcili?re is the present active infinitive of reconcili? (“to bring together again, conciliate, reconcile, reunite; to bring back; to recover, re-establish, regain, restore, win back”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + concili? (“bring together, unite; to gain; to win over; to recommend; to procure, purchase”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh?- (“to call, cry, summon”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???k(?)ns?l??e??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???k?n?s?li?e??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: re?con?ci?li?at?ion

Noun

reconciliation (countable and uncountable, plural reconciliations)

1. The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.

   Synonyms: reconcilement, (noun) reconciling, (Britain, dialectal) saught

   Antonyms: irreconciliation, unreconciliation

2. (accounting) The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
3. Religious senses.
   1. (Christianity) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
   2. (Christianity) The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
   3. (Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
   4. (Roman Catholicism) Short for sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
4. (Canada) The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises of the Canadian government historically committed against First Nations people in that country.

In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.

Derived terms

• reconciliation loop
• truth and reconciliation

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Further reading

• reconciliation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia