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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

Arabic: عقوبة (ʻuqūba) f., عقاب (ʻiqāb) m.
Armenian: պատիժ hy(hy) (patiž)

Old Armenian: պատիժ (patiž), պատուհաս (patuhas)
Chinese: 懲罰, 惩罚 (chéngfá)
Dutch: bestraffing nl(nl) f.
Esperanto: puno eo(eo)
Finnish: rankaiseminen, rangaistus
French: punition fr(fr) f.
German: Strafe de(de) f.

Greek: τιμωρία el(el)
Hungarian: büntetés hu(hu)
Japanese: 罰 ja(ja) (ばつ, batsu), 懲罰, ちょうばつ (chōbatsu)
Latvian: sods lv(lv) m., sodīšana lv(lv) f.
Macedonian: казна mk(mk) (kázna) f., казнување mk(mk) (kaznúvanje) n.
Russian: наказание ru(ru) (nakazánije) n., кара ru(ru) (kára) f.
Slovene: kazen sl(sl) n.
Swedish: straff sv(sv) n.

penalty for wrongdoing

Arabic: عقوبة (ʻuqūba) f., عقاب (ʻiqāb) m.
Armenian: պատիժ hy(hy) (patiž)

Old Armenian: պատիժ (patiž), պատուհաս (patuhas)
Chinese: 刑罰, 刑罚 (xíngfá)
Czech: trest cs(cs) m.
Dutch: straf nl(nl) m. and f.
Finnish: rangaistus fi(fi)
French: punition fr(fr) f.
German: Bestrafung de(de) f.

Greek: τιμωρία el(el), ποινή el(el)
Hungarian: büntetés hu(hu)
Japanese: 罰 ja(ja) (ばつ, batsu), 刑罰 ja(ja) (keibatsu), 処罰 ja(ja) (shobatsu)
Latvian: sods lv(lv) m.
Macedonian: казна mk(mk) (kázna) f.
Russian: наказание ru(ru) (nakazánije) n.
Swedish: straff sv(sv) n.

suffering imposed as retribution

Dutch: afstraffing nl(nl) f., boetedoening nl(nl) f., vergelding nl(nl) f., boete nl(nl) m. and f.

Macedonian: казна mk(mk) (kázna) f.

harsh treatment or experience

Dutch: afstraffing nl(nl) f., beproeving nl(nl) f., vergelding nl(nl) f.

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Bulgarian: наказание (nakazánie) n. (1)
Hebrew: ענישה f.
Italian: punizione f.
Korean: 벌 (beol)
Kurdish: ceza m., siza m.
Latin: punitio f.
Old English: wīte n.
Persian: تنبیه (tanbih)
Portuguese: punição f.
Romanian: pedeapsă f.
Spanish: castigo m., penitencia f.
Telugu: శిక్ష (Siksha), దండన (daMDana)

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