Definitions for: Punishment

[n] the act of punishing

Webster (1913) Definition: Pun"ish*ment, n.
Severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. [Colloq. or Slang]

Pun"ish*ment, n.
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.

Synonyms: penalisation, penalization, penalty

See Also: castigation, chastisement, corporal punishment, correction, cruel and unusual punishment, detention, discipline, economic strangulation, imprisonment, medicine, music, penance, self-abasement, self-mortification, self-punishment, social control, stick

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