Synonyms for punishment
ˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt

Princeton's WordNet(1.88 / 8 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation(noun)

   the act of punishing

   Synonyms:
   penalty, penalization, penalisation

Wiktionary(3.43 / 7 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. punishment(noun)

   Synonyms:
   punition, castigation, beating

   Antonyms:
   reward

2. punishment(noun)

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

   Synonyms:
   beating, castigation, punition

   Antonyms:
   reward

3. punishment(noun)

   A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.

   Synonyms:
   castigation, beating, punition

   Antonyms:
   reward

4. punishment(noun)

   A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution

   Synonyms:
   castigation, punition, beating

   Antonyms:
   reward

5. punishment(noun)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. punishment

   Synonyms:
   cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

   Antonyms:
   benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

Dictionary of English Synonymes(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. punishment(n.)

   Synonyms:
   chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty

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1. punishment(n)

   Synonyms:
   chastisement, castigation, scourging, discipline, penalty, visitation, retaliation, retribution, infliction

   Antonyms:
   immunity, impunity, acquittal, exoneration

   Associated words:
   penal, penology, punitive, penologist, penological, reprieve, commute, commutation, nemesis, connivance

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "punishment":

   penalty, chastisement, sentence, sanction, penalties, punish, sentences, suppression, retribution, punishing, assent, sanctions, worth, death, repression, penalization, corporal, punishments, tangible, pity, sentencing, pena, penalisation

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How to use punishment in a sentence?

1. United States:

   Children around the world are safer because of the actions taken by United States and foreign law enforcement to prosecute this case and recover funds for victims, we will continue to pursue such criminals on and off the darknet in the United States and abroad, to ensure they receive the punishment their terrible crimes deserve.

2. Cate Blanchett:

   The film asks, did the punishment meted out by CBS merit the so-called crime? truth.

3. Lee Hyun-woo:

   Cho Joo-bin revealed the personal information of the victims and by doing so not only caused damage, but by distributing this repeatedly caused recurring damage to victims, cho Joo-bin behaviors caused extreme pain on the victims and they are demanding severe punishment.

4. Matt Zeller:

   Our Afghan and Iraqi combat translators have been left to die, the Taliban, Daesh [ ISIS ], Al Qaeda, and our other enemies do not have an amnesty or reconciliation program. They have one punishment for ‘ collaboration with the infidels ’ -- death. A brutal horrible death. They mutilate their victims. They rape their victims and their families in front of each other and then kill them. The worst deaths imaginable.

5. Phelim Kine:

   President Widodo can demonstrate true leadership by ending capital punishment as unacceptable state brutality, president Widodo should recognize that the death penalty is not a crime deterrent but an unjustifiable and barbaric punishment. President Widodo should promote Indonesia as a rights-respecting democracy by joining the countries that have abolished capital punishment.

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