sentencing

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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Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 6 before separate judges in the two cases.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Sentencing him on Tuesday, Recorder Angharad Price described it as an "appalling offence".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Sentencing him to two years and three months in prison, Livesey said the "opportunistic" theft caused "inconvenience and stress" to Dawson and her company.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Sentencing Harker at Westminster Magistrates' Court, judge Briony Clarke said her actions had "a significant impact on the two victims".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Instead, as Marc Mauer of the Sentencing Project has noted, “all of these phenomenon were subsumed under the heading of ‘crime in the streets.’”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander