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suspended sentence

sus·pend·ed sen·tence (plural sus·pend·ed sen·tenc·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
sentence that need not be served: a sentence imposed on somebody found guilty of a crime that need not be served as long as the individual commits no other crime during the term of the sentence

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