conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, 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”
sentence
(noun) a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; “he always spoke in grammatical sentences”
sentence, condemn, doom
(verb) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; “He was condemned to ten years in prison”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sentence (plural sentences)
(dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. [from 14th c.]
The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. [from 14th c.]
A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
(obsolete) A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. [14th-19th c.]
(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop. [from 15th c.]
(logic) A formula with no free variables. [from 20th c.]
(computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar. [from 20th c.]
(obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.
(obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking. [14th-17th c.]
(now, rare) A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. [from 14th c.]
• verdict
• conviction
• (logic): formula
• (grammar): affirmative sentence, complex sentence, compound sentence, conditional sentence, simple sentence
sentence (third-person singular simple present sentences, present participle sentencing, simple past and past participle sentenced)
To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.
(obsolete) To decree or announce as a sentence.
(obsolete) To utter sententiously.
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"tence, n. Etym: [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia, from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See Sense, n., and cf. Sentiensi.]
1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.] Tales of best sentence and most solace. Chaucer. The discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence. Milton.
2. (a) An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature. My sentence is for open war. Milton. That by them [Luther's works] we may pass sentence upon his doctrines. Atterbury.
(b) A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences.
3. (Law)
Definition: In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases. Received the sentence of the law. Shak.
4. A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw. Broome.
5. (Gram.)
Definition: A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4.
Note: Sentences are simple or compound. A simple sentence consists of one subject and one finite verb; as, "The Lord reigns." A compound sentence contains two or more subjects and finite verbs, as in this verse: - He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all. Pope. Dark sentence, a saving not easily explained. A king . . . understanding dark sentences. Dan. vii. 23.
Sen"tence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sentenced; p. pr. & vb. n. Sentencing.]
1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. Nature herself is sentenced in your doom. Dryden.
2. To decree or announce as a sentence. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To utter sentenciously. [Obs.] Feltham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
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