Related Words for life sentence

Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts. Read More Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster. Send us feedback.
WordSyllablesCategories
death sentence
//x
Phrase, Noun
sentence
/x
Noun
death penalty
//xx
Phrase, Noun
felony
/xx
Noun
detention
x/x
Noun
guilty
/x
Adjective
penalty
/xx
Noun
capital punishment
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
arraignment
x/x
Noun
not guilty
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
attainder
x/x
Noun
stay
/
Verb
criminal procedure
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
punishment
/xx
Noun
indictment
x/x
Noun
jury trial
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
arrest
x/
Noun
death warrant
//x
Phrase, Noun
death
/
Noun
misdemeanor
xx/x
Noun
doom
/
Noun
defendant
x/x
Noun
hard labor
//x
Phrase, Noun
accusation
xx/x
Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun
defense
x/
Noun
needle
/x
Noun
false imprisonment
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
crime
/
Noun
no contest
//x
Phrase, Noun
bill of attainder
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
acquittal
x/x
Noun
parole
x/
Noun
battery
/xx
Noun
double jeopardy
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
entrapment
x/x
Noun
panel
/x
Noun
respite
/x
Noun
mistrial
x/x
Noun
charge
/
Noun
trial by jury
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
war crime
//
Phrase, Noun
summons
/x
Noun
caution
/x
Noun
corpus delicti
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
lying in wait
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
impeachment
x/x
Noun
police court
x//
Phrase, Noun
litigation
xx/x
Noun
alibi
/xx
Noun
deadline
/x
Noun
court appearance
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
peine forte et dure
/xxxx
Phrase, Noun
hung jury
//x
Phrase, Noun
lynch law
//
Name, Name
bench warrant
//x
Phrase, Noun
miscarriage of justice
x/x//x
Phrase, Noun
lesser included offense
/x//xx/
Phrase, Noun
plea bargaining
//xx
Phrase, Noun, Verb
committal
x/x
Noun
intent
x/
Noun
paperwork
/xx
Noun
complaint
x/
Noun
crime against humanity
/x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
extradition
xx/x
Noun
forced labor
//x
Phrase, Noun
justice
/x
Noun
excuse
x/
Noun
ticket
/x
Noun
cold case
//
Phrase, Noun
kidnapping
/xx
Noun
replication
xx/x
Noun
trial by ordeal
/x///
Phrase, Noun
pretrial
x/x
Adjective
count
/
Noun
lawsuit
/x
Noun
assault
x/
Noun
manslaughter
/xx
Noun
picket
/x
Noun
motive
/x
Noun
traffic ticket
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
crucifixion
xx/x
Noun
day in court
/x/
Phrase, Noun
colloquy
/xx
Noun
true bill
//
Phrase, Noun
wound
/
Noun
corporal punishment
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
fraud
/
Noun
plea
/
Noun
demonstration
xx/x
Noun
perpetration
/x/x
Noun
involuntary manslaughter
x/xxx/xx
Phrase, Noun
malice
/x
Noun
libel
/x
Noun
restraining order
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
quartering
/xx
Noun
plight
/
Noun
crime of passion
///x
Phrase, Noun
hostage
/x
Noun
coercion
x/x
Noun
test case
//
Phrase, Noun
endangerment
x/xx
Noun
seduction
x/x
Noun
force
/
Noun
offense
x/
Noun
drop
/
Noun
trespass
/x
Noun
prisoner of war
/xx//
Phrase, Noun
contempt of court
x///
Phrase, Noun
objection
x/x
Noun
fatality
x/xx
Noun
stalking
/x
Noun
perjury
/xx
Noun
assault and battery
x///xx
Phrase, Noun
robbery
/xx
Noun
diversion
x/x
Noun
diet
/x
Noun
activities
x/xx
Noun
adjudication
xxx/x
Noun
adulthood
x/x
Noun
affairs
x/
Noun
affords
x/
Verb
afterlife
/xx
Noun
age
/
Noun, Verb
alacrity
x/xx
Noun
alive
x/
Adjective
always
/x
Adverb
anima
/xx
Noun
animation
xx/x
Noun
arena
x/x
Noun
assent
x/
Noun, Verb
autobiography
xxx/xx
Noun
autonomy
x/xx
Noun
award
x/
Noun, Verb
barely
/x
Adverb
being
/x
Noun
biography
x/xx
Noun, Verb
biologic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
biological
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
biology
x/xx
Noun
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bother
/x
Verb, Noun
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
briefer
/x
Noun
brow
/
Noun, Verb
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
buoyancy
/xx
Noun
capital
/xx
Noun, Adjective
caption
/x
Noun, Verb
career
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catchphrase
//
Noun
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
clause
/
Noun, Verb
coexistence
xx/x
Noun
comb
/
Noun, Verb
comma
/x
Noun, Verb
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
comparable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
compose
x/
Verb
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condemn
x/
Verb
condemnation
xx/x
Noun
consciousness
/xx
Noun
constituent
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
contrived
x/
Adjective
convict
/x
Verb, Noun
conviction
x/x
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
cryptic
/x
Adjective, Noun
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
daily
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
delicacy
/xxx
Noun
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
deplores
x/
Verb
derives
x/
Verb
dictum
/x
Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
discussion
x/x
Noun
dispute
x/
Noun, Verb
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
dom
/
Noun, Verb
durability
xx/xx
Noun
duration
//x
Noun
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
elan
/x
Noun
endurance
/xx
Noun
energy
/xx
Noun
english
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
enthusiasm
x/xxx
Noun
esprit
x/
Noun
eternity
x/xx
Noun
excerpt
/x
Noun, Verb
execution
xx/x
Noun
existence
x/x
Noun
expectancy
x/xx
Noun
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
exuberance
x/xx
Noun
family
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fate
/
Noun, Verb
fauna
/x
Noun
ferry
/x
Noun, Verb
fife
/
Noun, Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
flora
/x
Noun
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
forever
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
fragment
/x
Noun, Verb
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
garbled
/x
Adjective
gibberish
/xx
Noun, Adjective
ginger
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
governance
/xx
Noun
governing
/xx
Noun
government
/xx
Noun
grief
/
Noun, Verb
hagiography
xx/xx
Noun
hanged
/
Adjective
happy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
hard time
//
Phrase, Noun
hardly
/x
Adverb
health
/
Noun
heartache
/x
Noun
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
hereafter
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hie
/
Verb
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
human
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
hurry
/x
Noun, Verb
hydrogen
/xx
Noun
hygiene
/x
Noun
imposition
xx/x
Noun
imprisonment
x/xx
Noun
incarceration
xxx/x
Noun
insurance
x/x
Noun
inter
x/
Name, Verb
interests
/x
Noun
interrogation
xxx/x
Noun
interrogative
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
italicized
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
jail
/
Noun, Verb
judge
/
Noun, Verb
judgement
/x
Noun
judgment
/x
Noun
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
kay
/
Name
kill
/
Verb, Noun
knell
/
Noun, Verb
laconic
x/x
Adjective
language
/x
Noun, Verb
learning
/x
Noun
leben
/x
Noun
lemma
/x
Noun
length
/
Noun, Verb
lesson
/x
Noun, Verb
life history
//xx
Phrase, Noun
life story
//x
Phrase, Noun
lifeblood
/x
Noun
lifeline
/x
Noun
lifelong
//
Adjective
lifespan
/x
Noun
lifestyle
/x
Noun
lifetime
/x
Noun
line
/
Noun, Verb
lite
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun