The convicted drug dealer was willing to comply with the authorities to have his death sentence reduced to a life sentence.
Source: tatoeba (1934)
Sentence
/ˈsɛntəns/
Synonyms for "sentence" (215 found)
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Noun(9 words)
condemncondemnationcondemneddeclaredispositionexcommunicatingimprisonmentjudgmentjudgment of conviction
condemnationconsiderationconstructionconvictconvictioncrackcurrent sayingdamndamnationdeath sentencedeath warrantdecisiondeclarationdecreedeliverancedenouncedenouncementdenunciatedenunciationdetermination
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devotediagnosisdictatedictumdistichdoomepigramexclamationexcommunicateexcommunicationexpressionfasciclefindfind againstfind forfind guiltyfindingfoliofront mattergatheringgnomegolden sayinggreetingguilty verdictheaded groupidiomidiotisminterjectionjudgejudgementjudgment
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landmark decisionlocutionmanner of speakingmaximmentionmoralmotmottonotenoun phrasenumberobservationoracleordainorderpageparagraphparthian shotpass judgmentpass sentence
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pass sentence onpassagepeculiar expressionpenalizepenaltyperiodphrasal idiomphrasepithy sayingpositionprecedentpreceptprescriptprognosispronouncepronounce judgmentpronounce onpronounce sentencepronouncementproscribeproscriptionproverbproverbial sayingproverbspunishpunishmentquestionrapreflectionremarkreportresolutionreturn a verdictrulerulingsawsaysayingsectionsententious expressionset phrasesheetsignatureslokastandard phrasestatementstock sayingsubjoindersutrasyntactic structureteachingtermtextthoughtturn of expressionturn of phraseusageutter a judgmentutteranceverb complexverb phraseverbalismverdictverdict of guiltyverseway of speakingwisdomwisdom literaturewise sayingwitticismwordword-groupwords of wisdom
Noun(14 words)
language unitspenalizepenaltyprison termpronouncepropositionpunishpunishmentsentencingstatementtimeutteranceutterance exampleverdict
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21 entriesactannouncecommunicatecommunication unitcourt orderdeclarefinal decisionfinal judgmentjudicial decisionlanguage elementlegal actionlegal decisionlinguistic stringlinguistic unitofficial actsanction
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12 entriesCollocations
8 entriescommuted sentencedeath sentencelife sentencepass sentenceprison sentencesentence to deathsentence to prisonsentencing hearing
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35 total sentences available.
All you have to do is to learn this sentence by heart.
Source: tatoeba (17652)
Compare your sentence with the one on the blackboard.
Source: tatoeba (17659)
Some years ago, learning that one had tuberculosis amounted to hearing a sentence of death.
Source: tatoeba (24465)
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