Defenition of the word punishment

• Defenition of the word punishment

  • The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction; a penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
  • An undesired condition imposed by an authority for one's unacceptable behavior.
  • The act of imposing an undesirable condition on a person or group for an unacceptable behavД±or.
  • A treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished.
  • the act of punishing

Synonyms for the word punishment

• • penalization
  • penalty

Hyponyms for the word punishment

• • castigation
  • chastisement
  • corporal punishment
  • correction
  • cruel and unusual punishment
  • detention
  • discipline
  • economic strangulation
  • imprisonment
  • medicine
  • music
  • penance
  • self-abasement
  • self-mortification
  • self-punishment
  • stick

Hypernyms for the word punishment

• • social control

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