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SENTENCE

Definition:

1. [noun] a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"
   
   
2. [noun] (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
   Synonyms: conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation
   
   
3. [noun] the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
   Synonyms: prison term, time
   
   
4. [verb] pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
   Synonyms: condemn, doom
   
   

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Related Words:

• foredoom
• reprobate
• simple sentence
• complex sentence
• compound sentence
• declarative sentence, declaratory sentence
• run-on sentence
• topic sentence
• question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence
• murder conviction
• rape conviction
• robbery conviction
• hard time
• life sentence, life

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