REPRIEVE Copy link • REPRIEVE 1. s. mora mortis (e.g., non modo effugium sed ne moram quidem mortis assequi potuit, Cic.). ImPROP., dilatio, etc. To beg for a reprieve, dilationem petere (of a debtor): to grant him a few days’ reprieve, paucos dies ad solvendum prorogare. 2. v. *moram mortis alicui concedere or dare (mora mortis, Cic.). To be reprieved, moram mortis assequi (Cic.).