What are some alternative words for punishment?
Synonyms for punishment
ˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term punishment.
Princeton's WordNet
punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation(noun)
the act of punishing
Synonyms:
penalty, penalization, penalisation
Wiktionary
punishment(noun)
Synonyms:
punition, castigation, beatingAntonyms:
rewardpunishment(noun)
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
Synonyms:
beating, castigation, punitionAntonyms:
rewardpunishment(noun)
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
Synonyms:
castigation, beating, punitionAntonyms:
rewardpunishment(noun)
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
Synonyms:
castigation, punition, beatingAntonyms:
rewardpunishment(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, castigationAntonyms:
reward
English Synonyms and Antonyms
punishment
Synonyms:
cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeanceAntonyms:
benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness
Dictionary of English Synonymes
punishment(n.)
Synonyms:
chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
punishment(n)
Synonyms:
chastisement, castigation, scourging, discipline, penalty, visitation, retaliation, retribution, inflictionAntonyms:
immunity, impunity, acquittal, exonerationAssociated words:
penal, penology, punitive, penologist, penological, reprieve, commute, commutation, nemesis, connivance
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#967 | death | |
#1708 | worth | |
#1818 | justice | |
#4717 | sentence | |
#4806 | penalty | |
#7790 | punishment | |
#7997 | penalties | |
#8299 | revenge | |
#9211 | sentences | |
#10009 | severity | |
#10321 | sanctions | |
#10348 | beating | |
#12650 | suppression | |
#13539 | tangible | |
#13860 | sentencing | |
#14886 | pity | |
#16279 | vengeance | |
#17439 | punish | |
#18006 | cruelty | |
#19712 | sanction | |
#20304 | repression | |
#20803 | hardness | |
#22513 | corporal | |
#24578 | assent | |
#31844 | pena | |
#32471 | punishing | |
#33112 | punishments | |
#33262 | retribution | |
#38903 | rigor | |
#70255 | harshness | |
#82122 | chastisement | |
#233771 | sternness | |
#270402 | penalization | |
#283674 | castigation |
How to use punishment in a sentence?
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.
The film asks, did the punishment meted out by CBS merit the so-called crime? truth.
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.
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.
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.
Translations for punishment
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- عقاب, عقوبةArabic
- punició, puniment, càstigCatalan, Valencian
- trestCzech
- Strafe, BestrafungGerman
- ποινή, τιμωρίαGreek
- punoEsperanto
- penitencia, castigoSpanish
- گوشمالی دادنPersian
- rangaistus, rankaiseminenFinnish
- punitionFrench
- pionósIrish
- peanas, peanasachadhScottish Gaelic
- punición, castigoGalician
- दण्ड, सज़ाHindi
- büntetésHungarian
- պատիժArmenian
- punizioneItalian
- 懲罰, 罰, 刑罰, 処罰Japanese
- poenaLatin
- sods, sodīšanaLatvian
- казна, казнувањеMacedonian
- boete, boetedoening, straf, vergelding, afstraffing, bestraffing, beproevingDutch
- wycisk, karanie, karaPolish
- castigo, puniçãoPortuguese
- pedeapsă punitivă, pedeapsă, pedepsire, penalizareRomanian
- наказание, караRussian
- ка̏зна, kȁznaSerbo-Croatian
- kazenSlovene
- straffSwedish
- தண்டனைTamil
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