What are some opposite words for punishment?
Antonyms for punishment
ˈpʌn ɪʃ məntpun·ish·ment
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term punishment.
Wiktionary
punishmentnoun
Antonyms:
rewardSynonyms:
punition, castigation, beatingpunishmentnoun
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
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rewardSynonyms:
beating, castigation, punitionpunishmentnoun
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
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rewardSynonyms:
beating, punition, castigationpunishmentnoun
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
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rewardSynonyms:
castigation, punition, beatingpunishmentnoun
Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling
a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment
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beating, punition, castigationAntonyms:
reward
English Synonyms and Antonyms
punishment
Antonyms:
benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tendernessSynonyms:
cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance
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Princeton's WordNet
punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisationnoun
the act of punishing
Synonyms:
penalty, penalization, penalisation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
punishmentnoun
Antonyms:
immunity, impunity, acquittal, exonerationSynonyms:
chastisement, castigation, scourging, discipline, penalty, visitation, retaliation, retribution, inflictionAssociated words:
penal, penology, punitive, penologist, penological, reprieve, commute, commutation, nemesis, connivance
How to use punishment in a sentence?
Not having his picture, his name, nothing, it was kind of like, really ? we felt that they just did it on purpose... Almost like a punishment because he killed himself.
The bottom line is, poor people are being jailed because they are not able to afford their fines and fees, without even a hearing to determine that jail is even a punishment that should be imposed.
The First Amendment exists specifically to make sure people can express strong opinions on political issues - or any other matter - without fear of punishment by the government, today’s decision confirms that our position was correct : Roselle Park had no grounds to issue fines for a political sign and the town’s use of its obscenity ordinance infringed upon fundamental rights protected by The First Amendment. It was an uncomplicated case.
We will appeal this decision and continue to defend the freedom of all Americans to peacefully live and work according to their deeply held beliefs without fear of punishment.
The pilot has passed all his tests, all his medical exams. We have at Lufthansa the reporting system where crew can report,,without being punished, their own problems, or they can report about problems of others without any kind of punishment, that hasn't been used either in this case. All the safety nets we are so proud of have not worked in this case.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4043 | grace | |
#5455 | favor | |
#7439 | reward | |
#7790 | punishment | |
#8158 | mercy | |
#11641 | blessing | |
#12537 | compassion | |
#14886 | pity | |
#15279 | kindness | |
#15356 | forgiveness | |
#17724 | pardon | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#43547 | clemency | |
#44359 | benevolence | |
#50293 | forbearance | |
#52299 | gentleness | |
#74912 | leniency | |
#155933 | mildness | |
#243923 | lenity | |
#299128 | benignity |
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