Added 9 October 2026
sentencing
adjective
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Relating to a judicial sentence.
There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.
noun
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The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.
After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.
- That which has been pronounced as a judgement or sentence for a crime.
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The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases.
He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.
verb
- present participle and gerund of sentence