sentencing

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. Relating to a judicial sentence.

- There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.

noun

1. The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.

- After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.

2. (colloquial) The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases.

- He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.

verb

1. present participle of sentence