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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:
    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. Jen Psaki:

    We are greatly concerned by reports that human rights activist Raif Badawi will start facing the inhumane punishment of a 1,000 lashes, in addition to serving a 10-year sentence in prison for exercising his rights to freedom of expression and religion, the United States government calls on Saudi authorities to cancel this brutal punishment and to review Badawi’s case and sentence.

  2. Ryan Pack:

    Capital punishment: Capital punishment has no role in a perfect world. But since the world we live in is far from perfect I say reserve it only for the offenders who justly deserve it. We as humanity need to strive for and accomplish a just and peaceful world so that way we can abolish capital punishment altogether.

  3. Josh Clark:

    There was probably a little bit of self-punishment to it.

  4. Robert G. Ingersoll:

    Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

  5. Fang Wei:

    We have been repeating the cycle of inspection-rectification-punishment ... It's time to solve the problem for good.


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