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punishing decree n.
decide punishment v.

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

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Another nine groups are expected to leave prison in the next seven months, with inmates who received longer sentences included in the later cohorts.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

It also established alternative sentences to prison for those who confess their crimes, make reparations to their victims and pledge not to return to violence.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

The sentences followed a trial of 71 soldiers before a military court in Walikale, in North Kivu province, in eastern DR Congo.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Newsom’s decision to commute the sentences won’t have much practical effect in a state that has not executed a prisoner since 2006.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

The bill created dozens of new federal capital crimes, mandated life sentences for some “three-strikers,” and authorized more than $16 billion for state prison grants and expansion of state and local police forces.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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