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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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Occasionally, the style can grate, the pileup of short, declarative sentences and pithy reflections threatening to derail us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

An MoJ spokesperson said they had received "multiple requests" to reconsider the sentence under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, but sentences passed by youth courts are not part of the scheme.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He devoted three sentences to Iran, none of them mentioning terrorism or domestic subversion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Even if passed, the law would not affect the current sentences for Thaci and the other men, who have already said they will appeal through the established process at the KSC.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

There was too much strange information packed into those sentences.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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