sentencing
noun
- the act of assigning a criminal punishment
Wiktionary
adj
- Relating to a judicial sentence.
“There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.”
noun
- The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.
“After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.”
“Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."”
- That which has been pronounced as a judgement or sentence for a crime.
- 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