What are some opposite words for punishment?

Antonyms for punishment
ˈpʌn ɪʃ məntpun·ish·ment

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Wiktionary3.4 / 7 votes

  1. punishmentnoun

    Antonyms:
    reward

    Synonyms:
    punition, castigation, beating

  2. punishmentnoun

    The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.

    Antonyms:
    reward

    Synonyms:
    beating, castigation, punition

  3. punishmentnoun

    A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.

    Antonyms:
    reward

    Synonyms:
    beating, punition, castigation

  4. punishmentnoun

    A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution

    Antonyms:
    reward

    Synonyms:
    castigation, punition, beating

  5. punishmentnoun

    Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling

    a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment

    Synonyms:
    beating, punition, castigation

    Antonyms:
    reward

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Princeton's WordNet1.9 / 8 votes

  1. punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisationnoun

    the act of punishing

    Synonyms:
    penalty, penalization, penalisation

How to use punishment in a sentence?

  1. Sarah Erickson:

    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.

  2. Nusrat Chadoury:

    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.

  3. Amol Sinha:

    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.

  4. Kristen Waggoner:

    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.

  5. Carsten Spohr:

    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.

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