life sentence
life sentence noun: a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of the defendant's life.
Noun
life sentence (plural life sentences)
life sentence meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
life sentence in Tamil
- ஆயுள் தண்டனை
life sentence in Urdu
- sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- عمر قید umr qaid
life sentence in Malayalam
- sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- ജീവപര്യന്തം തടവ് jīvaparyantaṁ taṭavŭ
life sentence in Kannada
- ಆಜೀವ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ, ಜೀವಾವಧಿ ದಂಡನೆ, ಜೀವಾವಧಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ
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- life sentence in Gujarati
- જન્મટીપ janmaṭīp
- life sentence in Tagalog
- habang-buhay na pagkabilanggo, habang-buhay na pagkakulong, kadena-perpetwa
- life sentence in Arabic
- سَجْن مَدَى اَلْحَيَاة sajn madā l-ḥayāh, سَجْن مُؤَبَّد sajn muʔabbad, حُكْم مُؤَبَّد ḥukm muʔabbad, حَبْس مُؤَبَّد ḥabs muʔabbad
- life sentence in Vietnamese
- án chung thân, chung thân, tù chung thân
Synonyms of life sentence
Forms of life sentence
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Words formed from life sentence
Questions about life sentence
- What does life sentence mean?
- Life sentence means a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of the defendant's life.
- What is life sentence in Tamil?
- Life sentence in Tamil is ஆயுள் தண்டனை. See Life sentence meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is life sentence?
- Life sentence is a noun.
- What is the plural of life sentence?
- The plural of life sentence is life sentences.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: life sentence (page history and authors); life sentence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); life sentence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); જન્મટીપ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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