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1. (n.) punishment
the act of punishing.
2. punishment
the fact of being punished.
3. punishment
a penalty inflicted for an offense or fault.
4. punishment
severe handling or treatment.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME punysshement < AF punisement, OF punissement. See punish , -ment)
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| Definition of 'punishment' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
the act of punishing
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1. (noun) punishment
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. punishment
the process of punishing
She was able to avoid punishment.
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| Definition of 'punishment' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) punishment
the act of punishing
2. (noun) punishment
any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense
3. (noun) punishment
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
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| Definitions of 'punishment' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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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.)
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| Definition of 'punishment' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. punishment
The application of an unpleasant stimulus or penalty for the purpose of eliminating or correcting undesirable behavior.
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Sense: the act of punishing or process of being punished.
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Afrikaans: straf |
Arabic: عِقاب، مُعاقَبَه |
Bulgarian: наказване |
Brazilian: castigo |
Czech: trestání |
German: die Bestrafung |
Danish: straf |
Greek: τιμωρία |
Spanish: castigo |
Estonian: karistus |
Farsi: تنبیه؛ مجازات |
Finnish: rangaistus |
French: punition |
Hebrew: עָנִישָה |
Hindi: दण्ड, सजा, ताजीर |
Hungarian: büntetés |
Indonesian: hukuman |
Icelandic: refsing |
Italian: punizione |
Japanese: 罰 |
Korean: 처벌 |
Lithuanian: baudimas |
Latvian: sods; sodīšana |
Malay: hukuman |
Dutch: straf |
Norwegian: refsing, avstraffelse |
Polish: karanie |
Persian: تنبیه؛ مجازات |
Pashto: رټل، مجازات |
Portuguese: castigo |
Romanian: pedepsire |
Russian: наказание |
Slovak: trestanie |
Slovenian: kazen |
Serbian: kazna |
Swedish: bestraffning, straff |
Thai: การลงโทษ |
Turkish: cezalandır(ıl)ma |
Taiwanese: 懲罰 |
Ukrainian: кара, покарання |
Urdu: سزا دينے کا عمل |
Vietnamese: sự trừng phạt |
Chinese: 惩罚 |
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