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punishment
/ ˈʌɪʃəԳ /
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
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·ܲi·Գ noun
- v·ܲi·Գ noun
- ·ܲi·Գ noun
- ·ܲi·Գ adjective
- ·ܲi·Գ noun
- -ܲi·Գ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of punishment1
Idioms and Phrases
see glutton for punishment .Example Sentences
US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who directed prosecutors to seek capital punishment, said in April that Mr Thompson's death was "an act of political violence".
But administration officials also described the prison as imposing punishment on criminals.
Judge Paul Thomas KC told Swansea Crown Court he was imposing the order not as punishment, but for "ongoing, probably lifelong, medical help".
In the capital punishment formal notice, filed on Thursday, prosecutors say Mr Mangione poses a future danger because of his expressed intention to target the healthcare industry and rally support to his cause through violence.
The changes would also mean serious injury caused by dangerous cycling - or death by careless or inconsiderate cycling - could incur punishments of five years in jail, fines, or both.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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