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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Tina Peters deserved to go to jail but not for nine years, a panel of judges decreed, ordering her resentencing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

A legal change in 2011 allowed juvenile offenders serving life without parole to recall their sentence and seek a resentencing in juvenile court, where the longest possible outcome is confinement up to age 25.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026

Their bid for resentencing was supported by family members and a former fellow inmate.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

In a resentencing hearing in May 2025 a judge made them eligible for parole.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

At the resentencing hearings we were preparing, state lawyers were using these prior disciplinaries to argue against favorable new sentences.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson