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pronounce guilty

VERB

convict

Synonyms

STRONGEST

condemn imprison sentence

STRONG

adjudge attaint doom frame rap

WEAK

bring to justice declare guilty pass sentence on put away put the screws to send up send up the river throw the book at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

free release

WEAK

exonerate liberate

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Condemn, kon-dem′, v.t. to pronounce guilty: to censure or blame: to sentence to punishment: to give up to some fate: to pronounce unfit for use.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

We lawyers—outside our profession—have founded an association to support and encourage those we are obliged to pronounce guilty, that they may not sink down uncomforted.

From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Rosegger, Peter

To convince is 'to satisfy the understanding;' to convict, 'to pronounce guilty.'

From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray

pronounce guilty

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