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  1. 1. n. The act of punishing. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense. Source: opted
  3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convictedoffender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes ofreformation and prevention. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n:100 n. the act of punishing Source: ecdict

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