Princeton's WordNet

1. punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation(noun)

   the act of punishing

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. punishment(noun)ˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt

   a way of punishing

   The jury was trying to decide on the killer's punishment.; He was not allowed to go out as punishment for lying.

2. punishmentˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt

   the process of punishing

   She was able to avoid punishment.

Wiktionary

1. punishment(Noun)

   The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.

2. punishment(Noun)

   A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.

3. punishment(Noun)

   A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution

4. punishment(Noun)

   Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling

   a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment

Webster Dictionary

1. Punishment(noun)

   the act of punishing

2. Punishment(noun)

   any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense

3. Punishment(noun)

   a penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention

The Roycroft Dictionary

1. punishment

   1. The justice that the guilty deal out to those who are caught. 2. A perpetual fine, imposed hourly during the lifetime of a human being for his temerity in living, and continued in Heaven or Hell for his temerity in dying. 3. Among the poor and lowly, a service due the State for disobeying the mandates of the rich and powerful; among the rich, a slight reaction from overeating. (There are three kinds of punishment: the punishment of God, the punishment of man, and the punishment of living in Buffalo.)

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Punishment

   The application of an unpleasant stimulus or penalty for the purpose of eliminating or correcting undesirable behavior.

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