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RE-SENTENCING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does re-sentencing mean?
• RE-SENTENCING (noun)
The noun RE-SENTENCING has 1 sense:
1. (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
Familiarity information: RE-SENTENCING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
commutation; re-sentencing
Hypernyms ("re-sentencing" is a kind of...):
clemency; mercifulness; mercy (leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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