a grammatically self-contained speech unit that expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, or an exclamation, and is shown in writing with a capital letter at the beginning and with appropriate punctuation, usu a full stop, at the end
a judgment formally pronounced by a court and specifying a punishment
Marriage isn't a word — it's a sentence — King Vidor
the punishment so imposed
archaic a maxim or saying
[Middle English via French from Latin sententia feeling, opinion, sentence, from sentire to feel]