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sentencing

VERB

decide punishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blame condemn confine convict imprison incarcerate jail penalize punish

STRONG

adjudge adjudicate damn denounce devote doom impound judge ordain proscribe railroad rule settle

WEAK

mete out pass judgment put away put on ice send to prison send up the river take the fall throw the book at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exonerate free let go liberate pardon praise release reward

STRONG

commend

WEAK

accuse charge

Example Sentences

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Speaking after the sentencing, Lisa Rose, specialist prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service special crime division, said Lloyd was not qualified to take inexperienced paddleboarders out in such conditions.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"The approach to sentencing should be individualistic and focused on the child or young person, as opposed to offence-focused," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The judge at the sentencing, William Mousley, said that Nowak was handcuffed for around a minute before police started to perform CPR on him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

During sentencing, Mousley described how Nowak, an accounting student, was walking back to his university housing in Southampton after having a drink in the pub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

At his sentencing for treason in a London courtroom, George Blake was given one year in prison for each of the British agents he was known to have betrayed to the Soviet Union: forty-two.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau