punishment
[ puhn-ish-muhnt ]
Origin of punishment
1Other words from punishment
- non·pun·ish·ment, noun
- o·ver·pun·ish·ment, noun
- pre·pun·ish·ment, noun
- pro·pun·ish·ment, adjective
- re·pun·ish·ment, noun
- self-pun·ish·ment, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for punishment
punishment
/ (ˈpʌnɪʃmənt) /
noun
a penalty or sanction given for any crime or offence
the act of punishing or state of being punished
informal rough treatment
psychol any aversive stimulus administered to an organism as part of training
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Other Idioms and Phrases with punishment
punishment
see glutton for punishment.
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