| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punishing decree |
Synonyms: |
book, censure, clock, condemnation, considered opinion, decision, determination, dictum, doom, edict, fall, getup, hitch, jolt, judgment, knock, order, penalty, pronouncement, punishment, rap, ruling, sending up the river, sleep, stretch, term, time, trick, vacation, verdict |
Antonyms: |
accusation, charge |
| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide punishment |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, adjudicate, blame, condemn, confine, convict, damn, denounce, devote, doom, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, judge, mete out, ordain, pass judgment, penalize, proscribe, punish, put away, put on ice, railroad, rule, send to prison, send up the river, settle, take the fall, throw the book at |
Antonyms: |
accuse, blame, charge |
| Main Entry: | condemn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, convict |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, belittle, blow whistle on, call down, castigate, censure, chide, come down on, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, disparage, doom, find fault with, find guilty, frame, hang something on, judge, knock, lay at one's door, let have it, name, pass sentence on, pin it on, point finger at, pronounce, proscribe, punish, put away, put down, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, send up, send up the river, sentence, skin, thumbs down on, upbraid |
Antonyms: |
absolve, acquit, approve, clear, discharge, exonerate, free, pardon, release, set free |
| Main Entry: | condemnation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blaming, conviction |
Synonyms: |
accusation, blame, censure, damnation, denouncement, denunciation, disapproval, doom, judgment, proscription, reproach, reprobation, reproof, sentence, stricture |
Antonyms: |
absolution, acquittal, clearance, discharge, exoneration, freeing, pardon, release |
| Main Entry: | convict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find guilty |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, attaint, bring to justice, condemn, declare guilty, doom, frame, imprison, pass sentence on, pronounce guilty, put away, put the screws to, rap, send up the river, send up, sentence, throw the book at |
Antonyms: |
exonerate, free, liberate, release |
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
Synonyms: |
abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, cast out, castigate, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
Antonyms: |
bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
| Main Entry: | decision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; resolution reached |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, accord, adjudication, adjudicature, adjustment, agreement, arbitration, arrangement, choice, compromise, declaration, determination, end, finding, judgment, opinion, outcome, prearrangement, preference, reconciliation, resolution, result, ruling, selection, sentence, settlement, showdown, the call, the nod, understanding, verdict |
Antonyms: |
deferment, deferral, delay, indecision, postponement |
| Main Entry: | doom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate or decision, usually unpleasant |
Synonyms: |
Judgment Day, Moira, annihilation, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, disaster, downfall, end, fixed future, foreordination, fortune, handwriting on wall, judgment, karma, kismet, lap of the gods, lot, opinion, portion, predestination, predetermination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Main Entry: | finding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, verdict |
Synonyms: |
award, conclusion, data, decision, decree, discovery, pronouncement, recommendation, sentence |
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incarcerate |
Synonyms: |
bastille, book, cage, can*, confine, constrain, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, lock up, prison, put away, put behind bars, put on ice, railroad, send up, sentence, take away*, throw away the keys, throw in dungeon, throw the book at |
Antonyms: |
free, liberate |