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Another word for sentence is clause. Other synonyms of sentence are adjudge, condemn, doom, convict and damn.

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nounA grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the...

  • clauseA group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence...

verbTo declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.

  • adjudgeTo sentence; to condemn.
  • condemnTo judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
  • doomTo pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.
  • convictTo find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
  • damn
  • pass sentenceTo sentence; to pronounce a sentence on (a criminal, etc.).
  • deem obsoleteTo judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
  • judge obsoleteTo sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.

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Meaning of sentence

  1. noun The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
  2. noun The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
  3. noun A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

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Questions about synonyms of sentence

What is another word for sentence?
Sentence has 11 synonyms on Word.ws, such as clause, adjudge, condemn, doom, convict, damn, pass sentence and deem.
What does sentence mean?
Sentence means the decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sentence (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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