a sequence of words capable of standing alone to make an assertion, ask a question, or give a command, usually consisting of a subject and a predicate containing a finite verb

the judgment formally pronounced upon a person convicted in criminal proceedings, esp the decision as to what punishment is to be imposed

an opinion, judgment, or decision

any short passage of scripture employed in liturgical use

a well-formed expression, without variables

a proverb, maxim, or aphorism

to pronounce sentence on (a convicted person) in a court of law

a word or a group of syntactically related words that states, asks, commands, or exclaims something; conventional unit of connected speech or writing, usually containing a subject and a predicate: in writing, a sentence begins with a capital letter and concludes with an end mark (period, question mark, etc.), and in speech a sentence begins following a silence and concludes with any of various final pitches and a terminal juncture

a short moral saying; maxim

period

to pronounce judgment or punishment upon (a convicted person); condemn (to a specified punishment)