outpunish

English

Etymology

out- +‎ punish

Verb

outpunish (third-person singular simple present outpunishes, present participle outpunishing, simple past and past participle outpunished)

1. (transitive, rare) To surpass in punishing.
   • 1986, Jeanne P. Deschner, The hitting habit: anger control for battering couples, page 13:

     But if the threat is merely unpleasant rather than painful, the first person may increase the intensity of his or her negative acts too, trying as it were to outpunish the punisher.