Punishment Definition

pŭnĭsh-mənt
punishments
noun
punishments
A punishing or being punished.
Webster's New World
The imposition of a penalty or deprivation for wrongdoing.
The swift punishment of all offenders.
American Heritage
A penalty imposed on an offender for a crime or wrongdoing.
Webster's New World
Harsh or injurious treatment.
Webster's New World
Sanctions such as fine, confinement, or loss of rights to property administered to a person convicted of a crime.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Punishment

Noun

Singular:
punishment
Plural:
punishments

Origin of Punishment

  • From the Anglo-Norman punisceement, punisement, punishement, punissement, punisshement and the Middle French punissement, from the Old French pugnissement, from puniss- (the long stem (see the French -iss-) of punir (“to punish")) + -ment (see the English -ment). Compare the English nouns punishing and punition.

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