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presentencing

presentencing adjective: occurring before sentencing. Also the present participle and gerund of presentence.

Adjective

presentencing (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before sentencing.
    • Mr. Scrushy has been on presentencing release since a federal jury in Montgomery last year convicted him of bribing former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama.2007 April 15, “Did Anyone Ask About a Yacht?”, in New York Times

Also used as

presentencing is also the present participle and gerund of presentence.

Origin of presentencing

From pre- + sentencing.

Questions about presentencing

What does presentencing mean?
Presentencing means occurring before sentencing.
What part of speech is presentencing?
Presentencing is an adjective.

Words near presentencing in the dictionary

  1. presenteeism
  2. presentees
  3. presentence
  4. presentenced
  5. presentences
  6. presentencing
  7. presentential
  8. presenter
  9. presenters
  10. presentership
  11. presentest

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