A group of words that expresses a complete thought, usually containing a subject and a verb. It can also mean the punishment given to someone by a court of law.
From Latin 'sententia' meaning 'opinion, judgment, meaning of a phrase', from 'sentire' meaning 'to feel, think'. The legal sense comes from the idea of a judge’s formal 'opinion' or decision.
Language and law share this word because both involve formal, powerful statements: a grammatical sentence states a thought, and a judge’s sentence declares a fate. Even in grammar, old teachers talked about 'sentences' as complete 'judgments' of thought.
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