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punishments

[puhn-ish-muhnt]

noun

the fact of being punished, as for an offense or fault.

a penalty inflicted for an offense, fault, etc.

severe handling or treatment.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English punysshement < Anglo-French punisement, Old French punissement. See punish, -ment

Related forms

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

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self-pun·ish·ment, noun

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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"Not only do I disbelieve in the need for compensation, but I believe that the seeking for rewards and punishments out of this life leads men to a ruinous ignorance of the fact that their inevitable rewards and punishments are here."

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