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(dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.

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

A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

(obsolete) A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. (19th c.)

(Q41796)(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, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation.

(logic) A formula with no free variables.

(computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.

(obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.

(obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking. (17th c.)

(archaic) A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question.

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

(poetic) To decree, announce{{,}} or pass as a sentence.

(obsolete) To utter sententiously.