Antonyms for punishment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : puhn-ish-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt

Definition of punishment

Origin : late 14c., from Anglo-French punisement (late 13c.), Old French punissement, from punir (see punish). Meaning "rough handling" is from 1811.

noun penalty

Example sentences :

Our mission is not punishment, but the rectification of wrong.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

All very well to say there would be no punishment; their unhappiness was the punishment.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

It is permissible to say that there is no such thing as punishment; there are only wrong results.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

I revert, then, to my statement that God's relation to punishment is chiefly verbal.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

The preacher was trying to explain to us the eternal duration of God's punishment.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

I was afraid to set the weights down for fear of detection and punishment.
Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson

Sin brings its punishment, and it is hard work, bearing its burden!
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

He richly deserved the punishment, but God would not have struck him that way.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

They were not fonder of the lock-up than are most boys who deserve that punishment.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

But the discovery and punishment of the other guilty ones will.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Synonyms for punishment

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