punishment
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punishment (plural punishments)
- The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
- A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
- A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
- (figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished
- The drunk champions team got a terrible punishment: a 0-10 loss, as shamefull as the bare-butt paddling they got afterward
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the act of punishing
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penalty for wrongdoing
suffering imposed as retribution
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harsh treatment or experience
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