poen-, peno-, poino-, poin-, puni-, pain-, penal-, pent-
(Greek > Latin: pain, punishment, penalty)
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.
punitive (adjective), more punitive, most punitive
1. A reference to the infliction of punishment on someone: The manager of the store was taking punitive action against a salesman for overcharging a customer for an item she had just purchased.
2. Etymology: from Latin punire, "to punish."
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2. Etymology: from Latin punire, "to punish."
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punitively (adverb), more punitively, most punitively
Descriptive of how something is effected in a punishing manner: Little Tim's mother sent him punitively to his room after he had talked rudely to her.
punitory
repent
repentance
repentant
repentantly
repentingly
repine
repiner
repiningly
