Synonyms for punishment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puhn-ish-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt |
Top 10 synonyms for punishment Other synonyms for the word punishment
- castigation
- chastening
- chastisement
- comeuppance
- confiscation
- correction
- deprivation
- disciplinary action
- forfeit
- gallows
- hard work
- infliction
- just desserts
- lumps
- maltreatment
- mortification
- mulct
- ostracism
- pain
- penance
- proof
- punitive measures
- purgatory
- reparation
- rod
- rough treatment
- sequestration
- short shrift
- slave labor
- unhappiness
- victimization
- what for
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for punishment
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