Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Repressible (a.) Capable of being repressed.

(1) - Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
(2) - Repression (n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

(1) - Repressive (a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.

(1) - Reprieve (n.) Interval of ease or relief; respite.
(2) - Reprieve (n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.
(3) - Reprieve (v. t.) To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
(4) - Reprieve (v. t.) To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.