sentence

1. sentence (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.

Example: The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.

2. sentence (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

Example: The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous child rapist.

3. sentence (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

4. sentence (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.

Example: The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine.

5. sentence (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence.

Example: “We are empowered to deliver thee to prison; yea, the law commands us to sentence death upon the abettors of this mischief.[…]"

6. sentence (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To utter sententiously.

Example: Let me heare one wise man sentence it, rather then twenty Fooles, garrulous in their lengthened tattle.