Release and Sentenced

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Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

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Sentenced is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

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Release is an antonym for sentenced in decide punishment topic.

Nearby Words: sentence, sentencing

For much of the fic, the readers - and the protagonists - are led to believe that the Three Heroes mercilessly sentenced her to this fate, and never intended to release her.

Source: And I Must Scream / Fan Works
Fletch is sentenced to five years; as the original series had run for four, the sequel Going Straight focused on Fletch's release back into society.

Source: Series / Porridge
Caligula befriends Tiberius after he has sentenced his mother Agrippina to prison, and never attemps to persuade him to release her or to improve the conditions of her imprisonment.

Source: Literature / I, Claudius

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