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   Sen·tence

   /ˈsentns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.
   • ▪ a series of signs or symbols expressing a proposition in an artificial or logical language.
   • 2. the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense: "her husband is serving a three-year sentence for fraud" Similar judgmentrulingpronouncementdecisiondeterminationdecreeverdictpunishmentprison termprison sentencejail sentencepenal sentencelife sentencesuspended sentenceinformal:timestretchstintporridgeraprhyming slang:bird

   verb

   • 1. declare the punishment decided for (an offender): "ten army officers were sentenced to death"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘way of thinking, opinion’, ‘court's declaration of punishment’, and ‘gist (of a piece of writing’)): via Old French from Latin sententia ‘opinion’, from sentire ‘feel, be of the opinion’.

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