SENTENCE

• (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 : condemnation , conviction , judgment of conviction

• (noun) a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

  "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"

• (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

• (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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