life sentence

a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of his or her life in prison.

Compare death sentence.

Words nearby life sentence

And this is the very point: my life-sentence gave me my status under this law which had not yet been written on the books.

The Jacket (The Star-Rover) |Jack London
I believe he was afterwards taken to a gaol in the Isle of Wight, but I do not know if his life-sentence is still in force.

South African Memories |Lady Sarah Wilson
Thorne was reprieved and got a life-sentence, the other chaps got twenty-one years.

Tessa |Louis Becke
Her husband was in prison, serving a life-sentence for political offenses, and Comte was first attracted to her through pity.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 |Elbert Hubbard

One of them is serving a life-sentence in the State prison for manslaughter.

The Blue Flower, and Others |Henry van Dyke