Meaning of punishment | Babel Free

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1. The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.
   countable, uncountable
2. Pena imposed to a person for committing a fault or crime.
3. The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after
4. Humorous. advocacy of the use of a cane in corporal punishment.
5. Swipes that give him to some animals to control them.
6. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
   countable, uncountable
7. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime
8. pain, sadness
9. Obsolete, the process of removing the tongue.
   Obsolete,
10. The amendment or correction that does in some writing or literary work or artistic.
11. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution.
    countable, uncountable
12. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
13. trouble
14. Obsolete, the act of castrating.
    Obsolete,
15. Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
16. Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling
17. pity
18. Obsolete, the process of blinding.
    Obsolete,
19. embarrassment
20. beating with a stick or club.
21. an abnormal fear of being beaten. Also called rhabdophobia.
22. an abnormal fear of punishment.
23. Something, such as loss, pain, or confinement, imposed for wrongdoing:castigation, chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty.
24. (of offences etc) able or likely to be punished by law. Driving without a licence is a punishable offence. strafbaar مُسْتَوْجِب العِقاب наказуем punível trestný strafbar strafbar αξιόποινος punible, castigable karistatav قابل تنبیه rangaistava punissable בַּר-עוֹנשִין दण्डनीय büntetendő bisa dihukum refsiverður punibile 罰を受ける 처벌해야 할, 벌에 처해야 마땅한 baudžiamas, baustinas sodāms boleh dihukum strafbaarstraffbarkaralny د رټلو وړ punível care se pedepseşte наказуемый trestný kazniv kažnjiv straffbar...
    etc
25. giving punishment. strafregtelik تَأديبي наказателен punitivo trestný, kárný strafend straffende που επιβάλλει τιμωρία, σωφρονιστικόςpunitivo; punitorio karistus- تنبیهی؛ کیفری rankaiseva de punition מַעֲנִישִים दण्डात्मक büntető bersifat menghukum refsingar- punitivo 罰の 처벌적인, 응보의 baudžiamasis soda- punitif straf- refse-, straffe- karzący, karny رتنه،جزا punitivo punitiv карательный trestný kazenski kazneni straff- เกี่ยวกับการลงโทษ cezalandırıcı 給予懲罰的 каральний تاديبي nhằm trừng phạt 给予惩罚的

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Examples

“The naughty children were given a punishment by their teachers.”

“a light punishment”

“a harsh punishment”

“But officials here maintain that their methods do make a difference, and they follow it up with post-release programs. The aim of Bastoy is not to punish or seek revenge, Nilsen said. The only punishment is to take away the prisoner’s right to be a free member of society.”

“a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment”

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