LIFE SENTENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

Example:

he got life for killing the guard

Synonyms:

life; life sentence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("life sentence" is a kind of...):

prison term; sentence; time (the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned)

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