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Synonyms: sentience, sentance, penitence, sequence, lenience, entente, sentiency, renitence, pendence, pentene, senesce
Antonyms: sentience, sentance, penitence, sequence, lenience, entente, sentiency, renitence, pendence, pentene, senesce
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Noun
- {{lb|en|dated}} The decision or [[judgement]] of a jury or court; a [[verdict]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
- The judicial order for a [[punishment]] to be imposed on a person convicted of a [[crime]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
- A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[saying]], especially from a great person; a [[maxim]], an [[apophthegm]]. {{defdate|14th|19th c.}}
- {{senseid|en|Q41796}}{{lb|en|grammar}} A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a [[subject]] and [[predicate]], even if one or the other is [[implied]]. In modern writing, when using, e.g., the [[Latin alphabet|Latin]], [[Greek_alphabet|Greek]] or [[Cyrillic]] alphabets, typically beginning with a [[capital letter]] and ending with a [[full stop]] or other [[punctuation]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
- {{lb|en|logic}} A [[formula]] with no [[free variable]]s. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
- {{lb|en|computing theory}} Any of the set of [[string]]s that can be generated by a given [[formal grammar]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} Sense; meaning; significance.
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} One's [[opinion]]; manner of thinking. {{defdate|14th|17th c.}}
- {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[pronounced]] opinion or [[judgment]] on a given question. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to [[condemn]] to punishment.
- {{lb|en|especially|legal|or|poetic}} To [[decree]], [[announce]]{{,}} or pass as a sentence.
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} To utter [[sententious]]ly.
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