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1. A process or action of chastising or disciplining someone: The students were sent to the principal for punishment because they smoked during the lesson!
2. A penalisation for a wrongdoing, particularly a crime: The lawbreaker had to undergo a harsh punishment for drinking while driving at a very high speed through the town.
3. Anguish or suffering by pain inflicted as a retaliation: Jack took Tom's cell phone without asking for permission, and, as a result, the punishment Tom took for revenge ended their friendship.
2. A penalisation for a wrongdoing, particularly a crime: The lawbreaker had to undergo a harsh punishment for drinking while driving at a very high speed through the town.
3. Anguish or suffering by pain inflicted as a retaliation: Jack took Tom's cell phone without asking for permission, and, as a result, the punishment Tom took for revenge ended their friendship.
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poen-, peno-, poino-, poin-, puni-, pain-, penal-, pent-
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“punishment”
(Greek > Latin: pain, punishment, penalty)
(Latin: to harm, damage, loss; sentence to punishment, doom; worthy of condemnation)
(Latin: talis, "such like" or "such"; talio, "punishment equal in severity to the wrong that occasioned it" or "exaction of payment or payment in kind")
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“punishment”
capital punishment
The imposition of the death penalty for the most serious crimes.
It may be administered by electrocution, lethal injection, gas, hanging, or shooting.
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