sentencing
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sentencing
adjective
- Relating to a judicial sentence. There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.
noun sentencings
- The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime. After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.
- That which has been pronounced as a judgement or sentence for a crime.
- The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases. He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.
verb
- present participle and gerund of sentence
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: conviction, condemn, doom, time, prison term, indictment, convict, verdict, award, judgement, adjudication, sanction, judging, judgment, punishment, penalty
Talk about this word "sentencing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sentencing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sentencing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sentencing "sentencing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sentencing.Cite this
@misc{sentencing_2026,
title = {sentencing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sentencing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
