Thesaurus: punishment

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1. n. The act of punishing.
2. n. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense.
3. 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.
4. n. the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
5. 1. The act of punishing. 2. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense. I never gave them condign punishment. Shak. The rewards and punishments of another life. Locke. 3. (Law) 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.
6. A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convictedoffender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes ofreformation and prevention.
7. n:100 n. the act of punishing