Definition of punishment Punishment
/pʌˈnɪʃmʌnt/ - [punishmunt] - pun•ish•ment
We found 16 definitions of punishment from 8 different sources.
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What does punishment mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: punishments |
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| punishment - the act of punishing | ||
| penalty, penalization, penalisation | ||
| social control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action | ||
| castigation, chastisement verbal punishment | ||
| corporal punishment the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime | ||
| cruel and unusual punishment punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed | ||
| detention a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils" | ||
| discipline, correction training to improve strength or self-control | ||
| economic strangulation punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them; "the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party" | ||
| imprisonment the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) | ||
| medicine, music the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | ||
| self-punishment punishment inflicted on yourself | ||
| stick threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- punishment (Noun)
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction. - punishment (Noun)
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime. - punishment (Noun)
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution. - punishment (Noun)
Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- punishment (n.)
The act of punishing. - punishment (n.)
Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense. - punishment (n.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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punishment
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction; a penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime. -
punishment
An undesired condition imposed by an authority for one's unacceptable behavior. -
punishment
The act of imposing an undesirable condition on a person or group for an unacceptable behavıor. -
punishment
A treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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punishment
The execution of the sentence against an offender, as awarded by a court-martial, or adjudged by a superior officer.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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punishment
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Wikipedia 
- Punishment is when something is done to a person (or animal) that they do not like, because they broke a rule. There are many kinds of punishment, from a slap or taking away a toy (things that parents may do to punish children) to the death penalty for very bad crimes.
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🔤- punishment, noun, singular of punishments.
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