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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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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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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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