Antonyms for punish
ˈpʌn ɪʃpun·ish

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1. punishverb

   Synonyms:
   castigate

2. punishverb

   To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.

   Synonyms:
   castigate

3. punishverb

   To cause great harm to. (a punishing blow)

   Synonyms:
   castigate

4. punishverb

   To dumb down severely or to the point of uselessness or near-uselessness.

   Synonyms:
   castigate

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1. punish

   Avenge and revenge, once close synonyms, are now far apart in meaning. To avenge is to visit some offense with punishment, in order to vindicate the righteous, or to uphold and illustrate the right by the suffering or destruction of the wicked. "And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian," Acts vii, 24. To revenge is to inflict harm or suffering upon another through personal anger and resentment at something done to ourselves. Avenge is unselfish; revenge is selfish. Revenge, according to present usage, could not be said of God. To retaliate may be necessary for self-defense, without the idea of revenge. Compare REVENGE.

   Synonyms:
   avenge, retaliate, revenge, vindicate, visit

   Preposition:
   Avenge on or upon (rarely, avenge oneself of) a wrong-doer.

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1. punish

   Antonyms:
   reward, recompense, remunerate, indemnify

   Synonyms:
   chastise, castigate, chasten, correct, whip, scourge

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1. punish, penalize, penaliseverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   penalize, penalise

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1. punishverb

   Synonyms:
   chastise, castigate, chasten, discipline

How to use punish in a sentence?

1. David Davis:

   Be in no doubt: under the government's proposal our fingers would still be caught in this mangle and the EU would use it ruthlessly to punish us for leaving and handicap our future competitiveness.

2. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   We have to do it without any period of limitation; we need to know all their names, we will search wherever they may be hiding. We will find them anywhere on the planet and punish them.

3. Brad Dacus:

   This shocking attack from the state against our clients exercise of religious convictions is deeply disturbing, the state seeks to punish Artis based on non-existent directives, and deprive her of a personal ministry to the veterans who have benefited from her religious services for years. Artis isnt fighting just for herself, but for the Gospel and for the residents who are unable to fight for themselves against the states attempted intimidation.

4. Tony Montalto:

   Quite frankly, for me personally, it put me right back to the beginning, to see the justice system fail, then our hope for justice through our legal system failed. It failed to punish a cold, cruel, heinous and atrocious murderer to the fullest extent of the law.

5. Akhilesh Tomar:

   They can punish us, throw us in jail, siphon our property but they will not be able to stop us from continuing our protest.

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