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nounA sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of the defendant's life.
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Arabic سَجْن مَدَى اَلْحَيَاة, سَجْن مُؤَبَّد
- سَجْن مَدَى اَلْحَيَاة (sajn madā l-ḥayāh)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- سَجْن مُؤَبَّد (sajn muʔabbad)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- حُكْم مُؤَبَّد (ḥukm muʔabbad)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- حَبْس مُؤَبَّد (ḥabs muʔabbad)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Catalan cadena perpètua
- cadena perpètuasentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Chinese Mandarin 無期徒刑 /无期徒刑, 終身監禁 /终身监禁
- 無期徒刑 /无期徒刑 (wúqī túxíng)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- 終身監禁 /终身监禁 (zhōngshēn jiānjìn)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Czech doživotí
- doživotísentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Dutch levenslang, levenslange gevangenisstraf
- levenslangsentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- levenslange gevangenisstrafsentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Esperanto dumviva malliberiĝo, dumviva karcero
- dumviva malliberiĝosentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- dumviva karcerosentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- dumviva malliberejosentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- ĝismorta malliberejosentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Finnish elinkautinen
- elinkautinensentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
French condamnation à perpétuité, emprisonnement à perpétuité
- condamnation à perpétuitésentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- emprisonnement à perpétuitésentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
German lebenslange Haftstrafe, lebenslänglich
- lebenslange Haftstrafesentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- lebenslänglichsentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Greek ισόβια
- ισόβια (isóvia)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Hungarian életfogytiglan
- életfogytiglansentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Italian ergastolo
- ergastolosentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Japanese 終身刑, 無期懲役
- 終身刑 (shūshinkei)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- 無期懲役 (muki chōeki)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Korean 종신형, 무기징역
- 종신형 (jongsinhyeong)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- 무기징역 (mugijing'yeok)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Polish dożywocie
- dożywociesentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Portuguese prisão perpétua
- prisão perpétuasentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Romanian închisoare pe viață
- închisoare pe viațăsentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Russian пожи́зненное заключе́ние
- пожи́зненное заключе́ние (požíznennoje zaključénije)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Spanish cadena perpetua, presidio perpetuo
- cadena perpetuasentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- presidio perpetuosentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- prisión perpetuasentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Swedish livstidsstraff
- livstidsstraffsentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Tagalog habang-buhay na pagkabilanggo, habang-buhay na pagkakulong
- habang-buhay na pagkabilanggosentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- habang-buhay na pagkakulongsentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- kadena-perpetwasentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Urdu عمر قید
- عمر قید (umr qaid)sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
Vietnamese án chung thân, chung thân
- án chung thânsentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- chung thânsentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
- tù chung thânsentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life
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APA
life sentence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20sentence
MLA
“life sentence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20sentence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life sentence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20sentence.
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