re-sentencing

English Thesaurus

1. (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law (noun.act)

hypernym	:	clemency, mercifulness, mercy,
definition	:	leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

derivation	:	commute, convert, exchange,
definition	:	exchange a penalty for a less severe one (verb.change)

derivation	:	commute, convert, exchange,
definition	:	exchange a penalty for a less severe one (verb.change)