sursis

Definitions of sursis
  1. noun
    a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
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    type of:
    décret, édit
    a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
  2. noun
    the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
    synonyms: absolution, commutation, grâce, pardon
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    type of:
    rédemption, salut
    (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
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