sentence in WordNet English dictionary

1. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
   "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
   sentence  condemn  doom 
   

1. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
   "the conviction came as no surprise"
   conviction  judgment of conviction  condemnation  sentence 
   
2. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
   "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
   prison term  sentence  time 
   
3. a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
   "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"
   sentence