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NOUN

punishing decree

Synonyms

STRONGEST

censure decision edict judgment order penalty punishment ruling term verdict

STRONG

book clock condemnation determination dictum doom fall getup hitch jolt knock pronouncement rap sleep stretch time trick vacation

WEAK

considered opinion sending up the river

Antonyms

STRONGEST

encouragement indecision praise reward

WEAK

accusation charge

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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He shows his work in sentences, as if he were solving a mental equation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

He is also serving two additional 27- and 40-year sentences for state and federal financial crimes.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Such charges are often treated as misdemeanors rather than felonies, meaning lighter sentences if convicted.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Forty years ago my own “Bearing the Cross” devoted only three sentences to that summer, noting how King, a preacher’s son, became the group’s “devotional leader.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The woman slowed the crank, so the sentences spilled out one by one and she could absorb every word.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton