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punishment Noun 1. a penalty for a crime or offence 2. the act of punishing or state of being punished 3. Informal rough physical treatment: the boxer's face could not withstand further punishment Punishment See also banishment; crime 1. punishment or penalty applied at the discretion of a court or other authority, as contrasted with a penalty predetermined by statute. 2. the imposing of such a penalty. — amercer, n. Humorous. advocacy of the use of a cane in corporal punishment. Obsolete, the process of removing the tongue. Obsolete, the act of castrating. Obsolete, the process of blinding. beating with a stick or club. an abnormal fear of being beaten. Also called rhabdophobia. an abnormal fear of punishment.
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punishment noun 1. penalizing, discipline, correction, retribution, what for (informal) chastening, just deserts, chastisement, punitive measures noun 3. (Informal) beating, abuse, torture, pain, victimization, manhandling, maltreatment, rough treatment Translationsto take a lot of punishment (fig) [car, person etc] → viel abbekommen |
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