presentencing

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adjective

Occurring before sentencing.

OriginEnglish sentencing ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

presentencing1

adjectivepresentencing (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring before sentencing.

    Mr. Scrushy has been on presentencing release since a federal jury in Montgomery last year convicted him of bribing former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama.

    2007 April 15, “Did Anyone Ask About a Yacht?”, in New York Times

presentencing2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of presentence

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
presentence

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishsentencing
  10. Englishpresentencing

From pre- + sentencing.

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APA

presentencing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presentencing

MLA

“presentencing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presentencing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presentencing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presentencing.

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