What does punish mean?
Definitions for punish
ˈpʌn ɪʃpun·ish
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Princeton's WordNet
punish, penalize, penaliseverb
impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
"The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
Wiktionary
punishverb
To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
punishverb
To cause great harm to. (a punishing blow)
punishverb
To dumb down severely or to the point of uselessness or near-uselessness.
Etymology: From punischen, from punire, from poena; see pain.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To PUNISHverb
Etymology: punio, Lat.
Your purpos’d low correction
Is such, as basest and the meanest wretches
Are punished with. William Shakespeare, King Lear.If you will not hearken, I will punish you seven times more for your sins. Lev. xxvi. 18.
ChatGPT
punish
To punish is to impose a penalty or sanction on someone for an offense, wrongdoing or inappropriate behavior. It involves subjecting a person to negative consequences or treatment to correct or respond to their actions, often with the intention of teaching a lesson or preventing future occurrences. Punishment can take many forms, including fines, imprisonment, community service, or verbal reprimand, and can be put in place by legal, educational, familial, or other societal systems.
Webster Dictionary
Punishverb
to impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience
Punishverb
to inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death
Punishverb
to injure, as by beating; to pommel
Wikidata
Punish
Punish is a Technical-Death-Metal-Band from Switzerland, formed in 1996. The Band shared stage with international Bands like:Artillery, Atheist, Belphegor, Cannibal Corpse, Destruction, Exhumed, Hour of Penance and Illdisposed.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Punish
pun′ish, v.t. to cause to pay a penalty: to cause loss or pain to a person for a fault or crime: (coll.) to handle or beat severely, maul: (coll.) to consume a large quantity of: to chasten.—ns. Punishabil′ity, Pun′ishableness.—adj. Pun′ishable, that may be punished—said both of persons and crimes.—ns. Pun′isher; Pun′ishment, act or process of punishing: loss or pain inflicted for a crime or fault: the consequences of a broken law.—adjs. Punitive (pū′ni-tiv), pertaining to punishment: inflicting punishment; Pū′nitory, punishing: tending to punishment. [Fr. punir, punis-sant—L. punīre, to punish—pœna, penalty.]
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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'punish' in Verbs Frequency: #939
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of punish in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of punish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of punish in a Sentence
And the prosecution is a controlling organ which can punish you for, in their opinion, improper actions.
Any dollar that goes to someone that does not merit it under the law, any dollar taken corruptly, we will find it, we will come get it and we will punish the wrongdoers, that should start tomorrow. But if it doesn't, it will start on January 20, 2021.
We need to clarify that under Michigan law, access to abortion is not only legal, but constitutionally protected, if the 1931 law goes into effect, it will punish women and strip away their right to make decisions about their own bodies.
The smallest action you do in their heartland is better and more enduring to us than what you would [do] if you were with us, if one of you hoped to reach the Islamic State, we wish we were in your place to punish the Crusaders day and night.
On Tuesday Rep. Adam Schiff weighed in on Trump's tweets suggesting a boycott of ATT to punish CNN for its news coverage. Adam Schiff tweeted :.
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- عاقبArabic
- пакара́ць, кара́цьBelarusian
- нака́звам, нака́жаBulgarian
- castigar, punirCatalan, Valencian
- potrestat, trestatCzech
- straffeDanish
- bestrafen, strafenGerman
- τιμωρώGreek
- puniEsperanto
- castigar, punirSpanish
- karistamaEstonian
- مجازات کردن, ادب کردنPersian
- rangaistaFinnish
- punir, châtierFrench
- cuir pionós ar, pionósaighIrish
- punir, castigarGalician
- सज़ा देनाHindi
- büntet, helybenhagy, bántalmaz, megbüntetHungarian
- punire, castigareItalian
- 懲罰, 罰するJapanese
- 징벌하다, 벌주다Korean
- punireLatin
- казни, казнуваMacedonian
- bestraffen, straffen, afstraffenDutch
- straffe, skadeNorwegian
- castigar, punirOccitan
- karać, ukaraćPolish
- castigar, punirPortuguese
- maqakuyQuechua
- chastiarRomansh
- pedepsiRomanian
- нака́зывать, покара́ть, кара́ть, наказа́тьRussian
- castigae, castigare, casticare, castigaiSardinian
- kȁzniti, ка̏знитиSerbo-Croatian
- trestať, potrestaťSlovak
- kaznovatiSlovene
- straffaSwedish
- శిక్షించుTelugu
- покара́ти, нака́зувати, наказа́ти, кара́тиUkrainian
- trừng phạt, phạtVietnamese
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