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punish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | penalise, penalize |
| Has types | execute, pillory, put to death, retaliate, revenge, scourge, sort out, tar-and-feather, victimise, amerce, victimize, avenge, castigate, correct, discipline |
| Derivation | punishment, punitive, punitory |
we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again.
Examples of punish
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Voters might be tempted to use this measure to punish the city for its failings.
From the sacbee.com
They had the better chances but we made one or two mistakes and they punish you.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They definitely shouldn't be created to serve or to punish particular interests.
From the ocregister.com
Murray did not serve well and Nadal was quick to punish anything that was short.
From the independent.co.uk
The second idea is to rewrite the tax code itself to reward and punish behavior.
From the theatlantic.com
Presidents and CEOs have more ways to punish underlings than simply firing them.
From the businessweek.com
Why would we punish families, single parents and seniors with even higher taxes?
From the sacbee.com
Her slaying provoked calls from Western governments to punish those responsible.
From the newsobserver.com
I refuse to believe that a loving Father would punish honest and bold questions.
From the theatlantic.com
- Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
- (punished) subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
- (punishing) arduous: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
- (punishment) the act of punishing
- Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group. Inflicted unpleasantness without authority is not punishment, but is characterized as something else. ...
- (Punishment (psychology)) In operant conditioning, punishment is any change in a human or animal's surroundings that occurs after a given behavior or response which reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future. ...
- (Punishment (school)) School punishment is a hierarchy of penalties used to punish infractions of rules in a school setting. There are wide variations in practice between schools in different cultures, countries or states, and between different types of school in the same country. ...
- (Punishment (TV series)) Punishment is an Australian television soap opera made by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Ten Network in 1981.
- (The Punishment) "The Punishment" is the second single release from Tarot's fifth studio album For the Glory of Nothing.
