resentence

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verb

To issue a new sentence for certain crimes

OriginEnglish sentence ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbresentence (third-person singular simple present resentences, present participle resentencing, simple past and past participle resentenced)

present singular third person resentences · participle present resentencing · participle past resentenced · past resentenced · alternative re-sentence

  1. transitivelawTo issue a new sentence for certain crimes

    Also on Tuesday, the founder of Adelphia Communications, John J. Rigas, left, and his son Timothy, are expected to be resentenced in the accounting scandal that led to the company’s collapse.

    2007 June 25, “Looking Ahead”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishsentence
  7. Englishresentence

From re- + sentence.

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APA

resentence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resentence

MLA

“resentence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resentence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resentence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resentence.

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