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re-sentence

re-sentence is the alternative spelling of resentence.

Meaning of resentence

Verb

resentence (third-person singular simple present resentences, present participle resentencing, simple past and past participle resentenced)

  1. (transitive) To issue a new sentence for certain crimes
    • Also on Tuesday, the founder of Adelphia Communications, John J. Rigas, left, and his son Timothy, are expected to be resentenced in the accounting scandal that led to the company’s collapse.2007 June 25, “Looking Ahead”, in New York Times

Forms of re-sentence

third-person singular presentre-sentences
present participlere-sentencing
past participlere-sentenced
pastre-sentenced

Questions about re-sentence

What is re-sentence the alternative spelling of?
Re-sentence is the alternative spelling of resentence.

Words near re-sentence in the dictionary

  1. re-saving
  2. re-search
  3. re-searched
  4. re-searches
  5. re-searching
  6. re-sentence
  7. re-sentenced
  8. re-sentences
  9. re-sentencing
  10. re-serve
  11. re-served

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: re-sentence (page history and authors); resentence (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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