punishment

pun·ish·ment  (pnsh-mnt)

n.

1.

a. The act or an instance of punishing.

b. The condition of being punished.

2. A penalty imposed for wrongdoing: "The severity of the punishment must . . . be in keeping with the kind of obligation which has been violated" Simone Weil.

3. Rough handling; mistreatment: These old skis have taken a lot of punishment over the years.

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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

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Punishment

See also banishment; crime

amercement, amerciament

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.

caneology

Humorous. advocacy of the use of a cane in corporal punishment.

elinguation

Obsolete, the process of removing the tongue.

eviration

Obsolete, the act of castrating.

excecation

Obsolete, the process of blinding.

fustigation

beating with a stick or club.

mastigophobia

an abnormal fear of being beaten. Also called rhabdophobia.

poinephobia

an abnormal fear of punishment.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

punishment - the act of punishing                 penalisation, penalization, penalty social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action chastisement, castigation - 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 - the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received" economic strangulation - punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them; "the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party" imprisonment - putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment medicine, music - punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" self-punishment - punishment inflicted on yourself stick - threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" self-abasement, self-mortification, penance - voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

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punishment

noun 1. penalizing, discipline, correction, retribution, what for (informal) chastening, just deserts, chastisement, punitive measures

noun 2. penalty, reward, sanction, penance, comeuppance (slang)

noun 3. (Informal) beating, abuse, torture, pain, victimization, manhandling, maltreatment, rough treatment

4. rough treatment, abuse, maltreatment

Translations

punishment [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt] n → castigo;

(fig, col): to take a lot of punishment [boxer] → recibir una paliza; [car] → ser maltratado

punishment [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt] punish n → punition f, châtiment m (fig) (inf);

to take a lot of punishment [boxer] → encaisser; [car, person etc] → être mis(e) à dure épreuve

punishment [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt] punish n (act) → Bestrafung f (= way of punishing); Strafe f;

to take a lot of punishment (fig) [car, person etc] → viel abbekommen

punishment [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt] n → punizione f;

(fig col): to take a lot of punishment [boxer] → incassare parecchi colpi; [car] → essere messo/a a dura prova