Synonyms for sentence
noun
A pronounced judgment
judgment, edict, dictum, decree, order, doom, determination, decision, pronouncement, considered opinion, censure, penalty, condemnation; see also judgment 3, punishment, verdict.
An expressed thought
Kinds of sentences, sense 2, include: simple, complex, compound, compound-complex, kernel, transformed, declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, statement, question, command, exclamation.
verb
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.
See sentence in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A judicial decision, especially one setting the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted person:
judgment. (Slang) rap1. See law
verb
To pronounce judgment against:
condemn, damn, doom. See law
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