Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun life_sentence

1 sense of life sentence

Sense 1
life sentence, life -- (a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard")
       => prison term, sentence, time -- (the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail")