Preposition: on

• wrongdoer: He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.

Adjective modifier

• corporal: He's all for bringing back corporal punishment in schools too.

• eternal: We don't have to face eternal punishment in hell.

• harsh: There were certainly harsh punishments for such an act.

• condign: By command of Ahmed, his son inflicted with his own hand condign punishment on the advisers who had led him astray.

• everlasting: We all deserve to be punished by God, and cut off from him forever, and endure everlasting punishment.

Converse of object

• inflict: Nor is this cruel punishment inflicted on the bare backs of the male portion of slaves only.

• mete: Set free from a punishment meted out for our attempts to put fire in the hands of the common man.

• deserve: In either case a grave crime has been committed which deserves a grave punishment.

• escape: He, too, escapes punishment from a very lenient German referee.

• abolish: Under EU criteria countries are required to abolish capital punishment for any crime.

• impose: The function of the judges was to impose the punishment which had been laid down by Parliament.

Noun used with modifier

• capital: Do I believe capital punishment is a good idea?

Preposition: in

• hell: We don't have to face eternal punishment in hell.

Preposition: of

• offender: We are concerned with crash prevention rather than the punishment of offenders.

• sin: In proof of that, I observe - I. The truth of God requires the punishment of sin.

Preposition: for

• sin: Some of these events may be signs that we need to look to God more, some may be punishment for sin.

• homosexuality: Islamists, like Hitler, decree that the punishment for homosexuality is death.

Modifies a noun

• beating: There he receives a punishment beating which keeps him in hospital for weeks.