Grammar . a grammatical unit of one or more words, bearing minimal syntactic relation to the words that precede or follow it, often preceded and followed in speech by pauses, having one of a small number of characteristic intonation patterns, and typically expressing an independent statement, question, request, command, etc., as Summer is here. or Who is it? or Stop!

Law .

an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, esp. the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal.

the punishment itself.

Music . a period.

Archaic . a saying, apothegm, or maxim.

Obsolete . an opinion given on a particular question.

to pronounce sentence upon; condemn to punishment.

noun

accusation , charge

verb

accuse , blame , charge

noun

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 , adage , apothegm , axiom , construction , epigram , maxim , opinion , posy , precept , saying , syntax

verb

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 , condemnation , edict , penalty , punishment , stretch , term , verdict