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sentencing

noun

  1. the act of assigning a criminal punishment
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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Relating to a judicial sentence.

    There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.

noun

  1. 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."

  2. That which has been pronounced as a judgement or sentence for a crime.
  3. 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

  1. present participle and gerund of sentence