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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

Example Sentences

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Yet he had a feel for Melville’s sentences, in which everything might go spectacularly right.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

A Chinese military court issued suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers for corruption, punctuating a broad purge of China’s armed forces that has ousted most of the high command.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Semenyo subsequently said more should be done to tackle racism in football, including possible prison sentences for those convicted of abuse.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

As mayor, she said, she would have nonviolent jail inmates pick up litter in exchange for time off their sentences.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

At first I could not make much sense of what I heard; for the discourse of Louisa Eshton and Mary Ingram, who sat nearer to me, confused the fragmentary sentences that reached me at intervals.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë