sentence synonyms

sentence

n.

  1. A pronounced judgment

    judgment, edict, dictum, decree, order, doom, determination, decision, pronouncement, considered opinion, censure, penalty, condemnation; see also judgment 3, punishment, verdict.

  2. An expressed thought

    Kinds of sentences, sense 2, include: simple, complex, compound, compound-complex, kernel, transformed, declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, statement, question, command, exclamation.

sentence

v.

pronounce judgment, adjudge, adjudicate, send up, confine, impound, incarcerate, jail, judge, doom, send to prison, send up the river*; see also condemn 1, convict, imprison, punish.

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