What are the opposite words for sentence?
Antonyms for the word "sentence" include freedom and liberation. These words are the direct opposites of sentence, which is defined as a punishment or penalty given to someone who has committed a crime. Freedom, on the other hand, refers to the state of being able to act, speak or think without restriction, while liberation means to set someone free from confinement. Other antonyms for the word sentence may include exoneration, acquittal or absolution, all of which refer to the act of clearing or releasing someone from guilt or blame. These antonyms may be used to contrast the negative connotations of the word sentence with positive or neutral meanings.
- acquit
-
forgive
- allow for,
- exculpate,
- laugh off,
- let it go,
- pardon,
- let bygones be bygones,
- accept apology,
- accepted apology,
- accepting apology,
- accepts apology,
- allowed for,
- allowing for,
- allows for,
- bare no malice,
- bear no malice,
- beared no malice,
- bearing no malice,
- bears no malice,
- bore no malice,
- buried hatchet,
- buried the hatchet,
- buries hatchet,
- buries the hatchet,
- bury hatchet,
- burying hatchet,
- burying the hatchet,
- dismiss from mind,
- dismissed from mind,
- dismisses from mind,
- dismissing from mind,
- kiss and make up,
- kiss make up,
- kissed and make up,
- kissed make up,
- kisses and make up,
- kisses make up,
- kissing and make up,
- laughing off,
- let pass,
- lets bygones be bygones,
- lets pass,
- letted bygones be bygones,
- letted it go,
- letting bygones be bygones,
- letting it go,
- letting pass,
- made allowance,
- make allowance,
- makes allowance,
- re spited,
- re-spiting,
- thinks no more of,
- thought no more of,
- turn other cheek,
- turning other cheek,
- turns other cheek.
- vindicate
-
plead
- make for,
- plea bargaining,
- put forward,
- make up for,
- answer charges,
- answered charges,
- answering charges,
- answers charges,
- be sought,
- be-sought,
- de clare,
- de clares,
- de-clare,
- de-clares,
- entreatied,
- entreatying,
- gave evidence,
- give evidence,
- gives evidence,
- giving evidence,
- made up for,
- makes for,
- makes up for,
- making for,
- plea bargain,
- plea bargained,
- plea bargains,
- pre sent,
- pre-sent,
- pre-sents,
- puts forward,
- putting forward,
- square things,
- squares things,
- squaring things,
- use as excuse,
- used as excuse,
- uses as excuse,
- using as excuse.
-
defend
- cover for,
- stand by,
- stand up for,
- stick up for,
- apologize for,
- standing by,
- apologized for,
- apologizes for,
- apologizing for,
- bare one out,
- be friend,
- be friended,
- be friending,
- be friends,
- be-friend,
- be-friended,
- be-friending,
- be-friends,
- bear one out,
- beared one out,
- bearing one out,
- bears one out,
- bore one out,
- came defense of,
- came to defense of,
- come defense of,
- come to defense of,
- comes defense of,
- comes to defense of,
- coming defense of,
- coming to defense of,
- covered for,
- covering for,
- covers for,
- de fend,
- de fended,
- de fending,
- de fends,
- de-fend,
- de-fended,
- de-fending,
- de-fends,
- go bat for,
- prove case,
- proved a case,
- proves a case,
- proves case,
- proving a case,
- proving case,
- put good word,
- put in a good word,
- put in good word,
- puts a good word,
- puts good word,
- puts in good word,
- putting a good word,
- putting good word,
- putting in good word,
- re commend,
- re commended,
- re commending,
- re commends,
- re-commend,
- re-commended,
- re-commending,
- re-commends,
- rid shotgun for,
- ride shotgun for,
- rides shotgun for,
- riding shotgun for,
- rode shotgun for,
- said defense,
- said in defense,
- say defense,
- saying in defense,
- says in defense,
- spake for,
- spake up for,
- speaking for,
- speaking up for,
- speaks for,
- speaks up for,
- spoke for,
- spoke up for,
- standing up for,
- stands by,
- stick for,
- sticked for,
- sticked up for,
- sticking up for,
- sticks for,
- sticks up for,
- stood by,
- stood up for,
- stuck up for,
- thump for,
- thumped for,
- thumping for,
- thumps for,
- up held,
- up hold,
- up holding,
- up holds,
- up-held,
- up-hold,
- up-holding,
- up-holds.
-
free
- let loose,
- let out,
- manumit,
- unfixed,
- Bailed,
- Bailing,
- Disenthrall,
- Uncage,
- Unfetter,
- Unfix,
- unfixes,
- letting loose,
- unfettering,
- unfetters,
- disenthralled,
- disenthralling,
- disenthralls,
- uncaged,
- turn loose,
- de mobilize,
- de mobilized,
- de mobilizes,
- de mobilizing,
- de-mobilize,
- de-mobilized,
- de-mobilizes,
- de-mobilizing,
- dis enthrall,
- dis enthralled,
- dis enthralling,
- dis enthralls,
- dis-enthrall,
- dis-enthralled,
- dis-enthralling,
- dis-enthralls,
- lets out,
- letted out,
- letting out,
- put on the street,
- put street,
- put the street,
- puts on the street,
- puts street,
- puts the street,
- putting on street,
- putting on the street,
- putting street,
- putting the street,
- turned loose,
- turns loose,
- un cage,
- un caged,
- un cages,
- un caging,
- un did,
- un does,
- un doing,
- un done,
- un fetter,
- un fettered,
- un fettering,
- un fetters,
- un fix,
- un fixed,
- un fixes,
- un fixing,
- un fixt,
- un leash,
- un leashed,
- un leashes,
- un-cage,
- un-caged,
- un-cages,
- un-caging,
- un-did,
- un-does,
- un-doing,
- un-fetter,
- un-fettered,
- un-fettering,
- un-fetters,
- un-fix,
- un-fixed,
- un-fixes,
- un-fixing,
- un-fixt,
- un-leashed,
- un-leashes,
- un-leashing,
- uncaging.
-
purify
- aerify,
- deterge,
- edulcorate,
- lustrate,
- rarified,
- rarify,
- Deterged,
- Deterging,
- Elutriated,
- Elutriating,
- aerifying,
- aerified,
- aerifies,
- de contaminate,
- de contaminated,
- de contaminates,
- de contaminating,
- de odorize,
- de odorized,
- de odorizes,
- de odorizing,
- de-contaminate,
- de-contaminated,
- de-contaminates,
- de-contaminating,
- de-odorize,
- de-odorized,
- de-odorizes,
- de-odorizing,
- deterges,
- edulcorates,
- elutriates,
- rarifies,
- rarifying.
-
discharge
- unchain,
- unchained,
- unshackled,
- Unshackle,
- unchains,
- unshackles,
- disimprison,
- allow go,
- allow to go,
- allowed go,
- allowed to go,
- allowing go,
- allowing to go,
- allows go,
- allows to go,
- dis charge,
- dis charged,
- dis charges,
- dis charging,
- dis imprison,
- dis imprisoned,
- dis imprisoning,
- dis imprisons,
- dis missed,
- dis-charge,
- dis-charged,
- dis-charges,
- dis-charging,
- dis-imprison,
- dis-imprisoned,
- dis-imprisoning,
- dis-imprisons,
- dis-missed,
- disimprisoned,
- disimprisoning,
- disimprisons,
- un bind,
- un binds,
- un bound,
- un chain,
- un chained,
- un chaining,
- un shackle,
- un shackled,
- un shackles,
- un shackling,
- un-bind,
- un-binds,
- un-bound,
- un-chain,
- un-chaining,
- un-chains,
- un-shackling.
- cleanse
- dispense
-
excuse
- alibiing,
- make allowances for,
- alibied,
- dispense from,
- dispensed from,
- dispenses from,
- dispensing from,
- exempted from,
- exempts from,
- gave absolution,
- give absolution,
- giving absolution,
- grant amnesty,
- granting amnesty,
- made allowances for,
- makes allowances for,
- making allowances for,
- over look,
- over looked,
- over looks,
- over-look,
- over-looks,
- plead ignorance,
- pleaded ignorance,
- pleading ignorance,
- pleads ignorance,
- pre text,
- pre texts,
- pre-text,
- pre-texts,
- pretexting,
- takes rap for,
- taking rap for,
- took rap for.
- exonerate
- pardon
-
release
- give out,
- open up,
- cast loose,
- casting loose,
- casts loose,
- let steam,
- lets off steam,
- lets steam,
- letted off steam,
- letted steam,
- letting off steam,
- letting steam,
- opened up,
- opening up,
- opens up,
- re lease,
- re leases,
- re-lease,
- re-leased,
- re-leases,
- set at large,
- set loose,
- sets at large,
- sets large,
- sets loose,
- setting at large,
- setting large,
- setting loose,
- sur rendered,
- sur rendering,
- sur renders,
- sur-render,
- sur-rendered,
- sur-rendering,
- sur-renders,
- taking out,
- took out,
- un fasten,
- un fastened,
- un fastening,
- un fastens,
- un-fasten,
- un-fastened.
-
absolve
- lifeboat,
- release,
- set free,
- whitewashed,
- wink at,
- Pardoned,
- lifeboats,
- setting free,
- sets free,
- blink at,
- winked at,
- blinked at,
- blinking at,
- blinks at,
- go easy on,
- goes easy on,
- going easy on,
- let easy,
- let hook,
- let off easy,
- let off the hook,
- let the hook,
- let up on,
- let upon,
- lets easy,
- lets hook,
- lets off easy,
- lets off hook,
- lets off the hook,
- lets the hook,
- lets up on,
- lets upon,
- letted easy,
- letted hook,
- letted off easy,
- letted off hook,
- letted off the hook,
- letted the hook,
- letted up on,
- letted upon,
- letting easy,
- letting hook,
- letting off easy,
- letting off hook,
- letting off the hook,
- letting the hook,
- letting up on,
- letting upon,
- lifeboated,
- lifeboating,
- re lieve,
- re-lieve,
- went easy on,
- winking at,
- winks at,
- wipe it off,
- wipe the slate clean,
- wiped it off,
- wiped off,
- wiped slate clean,
- wiped the slate clean,
- wipes it off,
- wipes off,
- wipes slate clean,
- wipes the slate clean,
- wiping it off,
- wiping off,
- wiping slate clean,
- wiping the slate clean.
- confess
- exculpate
-
justify
- make good,
- do justice to,
- am answerable for,
- are answerable for,
- argue for,
- argued for,
- argues for,
- art answerable for,
- be answerable for,
- being answerable for,
- cop plea,
- did justice to,
- didst justice to,
- does justice to,
- doest justice to,
- doeth justice to,
- doing justice to,
- doth justice to,
- is answerable for,
- made allowances,
- make allowances,
- makes allowances,
- makes good,
- making allowances,
- making good,
- re butted,
- re butting,
- re-butted,
- re-butting,
- show cause,
- showing cause,
- shows cause,
- spake favor,
- spake in favor,
- speak favor,
- speak in favor,
- speaking favor,
- speaking in favor,
- speaks favor,
- speaks in favor,
- spoke favor,
- spoke in favor,
- was answerable for,
- wast answerable for,
- were answerable for,
- wert answerable for.
-
palliate
- prettify,
- whiting,
- Glozed,
- Glozing,
- Gloze,
- Whites,
- prettified,
- prettifying,
- prettifies,
- make light of,
- dis guise,
- dis guised,
- dis guises,
- dis guising,
- dis-guise,
- dis-guised,
- dis-guises,
- dis-guising,
- glozes,
- made light of,
- makes light of,
- making light of,
- put a band aid,
- put a band-aid,
- put a bandaid,
- put band aid,
- put bandaid,
- put on a band aid,
- put on a bandaid,
- put on band aid,
- put on band-aid,
- put on bandaid,
- puts a band aid,
- puts a band-aid,
- puts a bandaid,
- puts band aid,
- puts band-aid,
- puts bandaid,
- puts on a band-aid,
- puts on a bandaid,
- puts on band aid,
- puts on band-aid,
- puts on bandaid,
- putting a band aid,
- putting a band-aid,
- putting a bandaid,
- putting band aid,
- putting bandaid,
- putting on a band aid,
- putting on a band-aid,
- putting on a bandaid,
- putting on band aid,
- putting on band-aid,
- putting on bandaid,
- quick fixed,
- quick fixing,
- quick fixt.
-
purge
- rout out,
- Depurate,
- Depurated,
- Depurating,
- shake out,
- depurates,
- dis abuse,
- dis abused,
- dis abuses,
- dis abusing,
- dis-abuse,
- dis-abused,
- dis-abuses,
- dis-abusing,
- ex crete,
- ex cretes,
- ex terminate,
- ex terminated,
- ex terminates,
- ex terminating,
- ex-crete,
- ex-cretes,
- ex-terminate,
- ex-terminated,
- ex-terminates,
- ex-terminating,
- pre vent,
- pre venting,
- pre vents,
- pre-vent,
- pre-vented,
- pre-venting,
- pre-vents,
- re move,
- re moved,
- re moving,
- re-move,
- re-moves,
- re-moving,
- routed out,
- routs out,
- shakes out,
- shaking out,
- shook out,
- sweeping out,
- sweeps out,
- swept out,
- wipe off map,
- wiped map,
- wiped off map,
- wipes map,
- wipes off map,
- wiping map,
- wiping off map.
-
redeem
- counterpoised,
- set off,
- Counterpoising,
- make amends,
- made amends,
- makes amends,
- making amends,
- adhere to,
- hold to,
- holding to,
- counter-balance,
- keep faith,
- adhered to,
- adheres to,
- adhering to,
- counter balance,
- counter balanced,
- counter balances,
- counter balancing,
- counter poise,
- counter poised,
- counter poises,
- counter poising,
- counter vail,
- counter vailed,
- counter vailing,
- counter vails,
- counter-balanced,
- counter-balances,
- counter-balancing,
- counter-poise,
- counter-poised,
- counter-poises,
- counter-poising,
- counter-vail,
- counter-vailed,
- counter-vailing,
- counter-vails,
- de fray,
- de frayed,
- de fraying,
- de frays,
- de-fray,
- de-frayed,
- de-fraying,
- de-frays,
- held to,
- holds to,
- keep the faith,
- keeping faith,
- keeping the faith,
- keeps faith,
- kept faith,
- kept the faith,
- out weigh,
- out weighed,
- out weighing,
- out weighs,
- out-weigh,
- out-weighing,
- out-weighs,
- re deem,
- re deemed,
- re deeming,
- re dress,
- re dresses,
- re dressing,
- re habilitate,
- re habilitated,
- re habilitates,
- re instate,
- re instated,
- re instating,
- re-deem,
- re-deeming,
- re-deems,
- re-dress,
- re-dressed,
- re-dresses,
- re-dressing,
- re-habilitate,
- re-habilitated,
- re-habilitating,
- re-instate,
- re-instates,
- re-instating,
- sets off,
- setting off.
-
remit
- ease up,
- intermit,
- prorogue,
- Intermitted,
- Intermitting,
- Prorogued,
- Proroguing,
- prorogues,
- intermits,
- de crease,
- de creased,
- de creases,
- de creasing,
- de lay,
- de laying,
- de lays,
- de-crease,
- de-creased,
- de-creases,
- de-creasing,
- de-lay,
- de-laying,
- de-lays,
- eased up,
- eases up,
- easing up,
- falls away,
- fell away,
- pro rogue,
- pro rogues,
- pro roguing,
- pro-rogued,
- pro-rogues,
- pro-roguing,
- re duce,
- re duces,
- re lax,
- re peal,
- re pealed,
- re pealing,
- re peals,
- re-duce,
- re-duces,
- re-lax,
- re-pealed,
- re-peals.
- whitewash
- free from responsibility, duty
- announce removal of blame
-
clear
- burn off,
- clean up,
- emancipate,
- overleap,
- unburdened,
- unclog,
- unclogged,
- overleaps,
- overleapt,
- defog,
- defogs,
- overleaped,
- unburdens,
- unburdening,
- unclogs,
- defogging,
- defogged,
- unclogging,
- found innocent,
- burned off,
- burning off,
- burns off,
- burnt off,
- cleaned up,
- cleaning up,
- cleans up,
- de fog,
- de fogged,
- de fogging,
- de fogs,
- de-fog,
- de-fogged,
- de-fogging,
- de-fogs,
- dis encumber,
- dis encumbered,
- dis encumbering,
- dis encumbers,
- dis engage,
- dis engaged,
- dis engages,
- dis engaging,
- dis entangle,
- dis entangled,
- dis entangles,
- dis entangling,
- dis-encumber,
- dis-encumbered,
- dis-encumbering,
- dis-encumbers,
- dis-engage,
- dis-engaged,
- dis-engages,
- dis-engaging,
- dis-entangle,
- dis-entangled,
- dis-entangles,
- dis-entangling,
- ex plain,
- ex plained,
- ex plaining,
- ex plains,
- ex-plain,
- ex-plained,
- ex-plaining,
- ex-plains,
- find innocent,
- finding innocent,
- finds innocent,
- over leap,
- over leaping,
- over leaps,
- over-leap,
- over-leaped,
- over-leaping,
- over-leapt,
- overleaping,
- re aped,
- re-aped,
- re-aping,
- sur mount,
- sur mounted,
- sur mounting,
- sur mounts,
- sur-mount,
- sur-mounted,
- sur-mounting,
- sur-mounts,
- un block,
- un blocking,
- un blocks,
- un burden,
- un burdened,
- un burdening,
- un burdens,
- un clog,
- un clogged,
- un clogging,
- un clogs,
- un load,
- un loaded,
- un loading,
- un loads,
- un loose,
- un loosed,
- un looses,
- un loosing,
- un pack,
- un packed,
- un packing,
- un tied,
- un tying,
- un-blocked,
- un-blocking,
- un-blocks,
- un-burden,
- un-burdened,
- un-burdening,
- un-burdens,
- un-clog,
- un-clogged,
- un-clogging,
- un-clogs,
- un-load,
- un-loads,
- un-loose,
- un-loosed,
- un-looses,
- un-loosing,
- un-pack,
- un-packs,
- un-tied,
- un-tying.
- make undirty; wash
- clean, clear away
- show support for
- set free
- exempt from responsibility
- forgive, absolve; justify
- excuse, clear of responsibility or blame
- stop blame and grant pardon
-
liberate, let go
- free.
- legitimize, substantiate
- gloss over; cover up
- beg, request
- rid of; clean out
- free; make clean
- atone for; compensate
- stop, postpone
- decide punishment
- prove one's innocence
- cover up the truth
- acquittal
- forgiveness
- plea
- respite
- declaration removing blame
- justification
- pardon; end of blame
- reason, excuse
-
begging request
- plea.
- pause, suspension in activity
- punishing decree
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
most elbow-to-elbow
- Antonyms:
- deserted, empty, imprecise.
