Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

natural life sentence

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: nat-u-ral life sen-tence
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A life sentence without the possibility of parole, commutation, etc.

Example Sentences

"Justice Kennedy's opinion toyed with the notion that for adolescents, a natural life sentence is on the same proportionality plane as a death sentence."

Inflected Forms

natural life sentences (plural)

Synonyms

LWOP

Questions

What does natural life sentence mean?: A life sentence without the possibility of parole, commutation, etc.

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