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punishing decree n.
decide punishment v.

NOUN

punishing decree

Synonyms

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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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A total of 56 people were given jail sentences -- including Xu's two sons -- with the shortest term one year and 10 months, China's state news agency Xinhua reported.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

But I remember rewriting several sentences of my own work in the hopes of satisfying this new integrity god.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Everything else, beyond copy-and-pasting sentences directly from an LLM into your manuscript, is a gray area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

To render ideas as sentences, scribes needed a way to indicate where a reader should stop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Now, his face flushed, stumbling over his opening sentences, he began to read from a legal pad.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin