Sentence+of+punishment
31sentence — {{11}}sentence (n.) late 13c., doctrine, authoritative teaching, from O.Fr. sentence (12c.), from L. sententia thought, meaning, judgment, opinion, from sentientem, prp. of sentire be of opinion, feel, perceive (see SENSE (Cf. sense)). Loss of… …
32sentence — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, acquittal, act on, action, adage, address, adjectival phrase, adjudge, adjudicate, affirmation, allegation, ana, analects, anathematize, anathematizing, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, article,… …
33sentence — sen•tence [[t]ˈsɛn tns[/t]] n. v. tenced, tenc•ing 1) gram. a structurally independent grammatical unit of one or more words, in speech often preceded and followed by pauses and in writing begun with a capital letter and ended with a period or… …
34punishment — noun 1) the punishment of the guilty Syn: penalizing, punishing, disciplining; retribution; dated chastisement 2) the teacher imposed punishments Syn: penalty, penance, sanction, sentence, one s just deserts; discipline …
35sentence — [13] ‘Complete grammatical unit’ is a comparatively recent meaning of sentence, which only emerged in English in the 15th century. Its Latin ancestor sententia originally meant ‘feeling’, for it was a derivative of sentīre ‘feel’ (source also of… …
36sentence — [13] ‘Complete grammatical unit’ is a comparatively recent meaning of sentence, which only emerged in English in the 15th century. Its Latin ancestor sententia originally meant ‘feeling’, for it was a derivative of sentīre ‘feel’ (source also of… …
37sentence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. statement, expression; judgment, decision, penalty. See speech, condemnation, writing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pronounced judgment] Syn. judgment, edict, dictum, decree, order, doom, determination,… …
38sentence — 1. noun the judge shortened his sentence to nine months Syn: prison term, prison sentence; punishment; informal time, stretch, stint 2. verb they were sentenced to death Syn: pass judgment on, punish, convict; condemn, doom …
39sentence — n 1.Law.a. condemnation, decree, ruling, judgment, Sl. rap.b. punishment, prison term, term, Sl. time, Sl. stint, Sl. stretch, Sl. stretch up the river, Sl. stretch in the can, Sl. vacation. v 2. pass judgment, pronounce sentence, pass sentence… …
40sentence — sen·tence || sentns / sentÉ™ns n. (Grammar) grammatical unit usually comprised of a subject and verb (generally begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark); judgment specifying the punishment for a crime (Law) v. impose a… …
