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Synonyms for Punishment
ˈpʌn ɪʃ məntpun·ish·ment

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Wiktionary3.4 / 7 votes

  1. punishmentnoun

    Synonyms:
    punition, castigation, beating

    Antonyms:
    reward

  2. punishmentnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    beating, castigation, punition

    Antonyms:
    reward

  3. punishmentnoun

    A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.

    Synonyms:
    beating, punition, castigation

    Antonyms:
    reward

  4. punishmentnoun

    A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution

    Synonyms:
    castigation, punition, beating

    Antonyms:
    reward

  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

Princeton's WordNet1.9 / 8 votes

  1. punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisationnoun

    the act of punishing

    Synonyms:
    punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. punishmentnoun

    Synonyms:
    chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty

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How to use Punishment in a sentence?

  1. Liu Bingjiang:

    There is no way for local officials to evade punishment by using weather conditions as an excuse, similarly, the economic situation cannot be used as an excuse.

  2. Tom Cotton:

    I and obviously every other senator believes the death penalty is the appropriate punishment for their behavior.

  3. Roy Gutterman:

    The answer to this is not punishment, which would run afoul of the First Amendment because this involves a public university. The answer is to counter the speech and confront the speech. This could be the subject of campus-wide discussions.

  4. Elizabeth Gershoff:

    Parents hit their children because they think doing so will improve their behavior, unfortunately for parents who hit, our research found clear and compelling evidence that physical punishment does not improve children's behavior and instead makes it worse.

  5. Uri Karzen:

    Collective punishment is not something that's immoral or illegal, it has to be done when you're dealing with a real threat to life.


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