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verb
- 1. inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code: "I have done wrong and I'm being punished for it" Similar Opposite
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punish, correct, discipline refer to making evident public or private disapproval of violations of law, wrongdoing, or refusal to obey rules or regulations by imposing penalties. To punish is chiefly to inflict penalty or pain as a retribution for misdeeds, with little or no expectation of correction or improvement: to punish a thief.
PUNISH definition: 1. to cause someone who has done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer, by hurting them…. Learn more.
The meaning of PUNISH is to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation. How to use punish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Punish.
To punish is to discipline or penalize someone because they've done something wrong. If you stole the cookie from the cookie jar, someone may have to punish you. Not you? Then who?
Punish definition: to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault. See examples of PUNISH used in a sentence.
Definitions of 'punish' 1. To punish someone means to make them suffer in some way because they have done something wrong. [...] 2. To punish a crime means to punish anyone who commits that crime. [...] More. Conjugations of 'punish' present simple: I punish, you punish [...] past simple: I punished, you punished [...] past participle: punished.
verb. /ˈpʌnɪʃ/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to make somebody suffer because they have broken the law or done something wrong. punish somebody Those responsible for this crime will be severely punished. punish somebody by doing something My parents used to punish me by not letting me watch TV.
1. (Law) to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour. 2. (Law) (tr) to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc) 3. (tr) to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion: to punish a horse.
To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault. American Heritage. To cause to undergo pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or wrongdoing. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To impose a penalty on a wrongdoer for (an offense) Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To deal out punishment. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
to make someone suffer because they have done something bad: [ often passive ] They must be severely punished for these crimes. Fewer examples. He must be punished - it's a matter of principle. The judge only punished her with a fine. The guards have the power to punish prisoners for bad behaviour.
