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Punishment
Punishment Pun"ish*ment, n.
Severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. [Colloq. or Slang]
Punishment
Punishment Pun"ish*ment, n.
1. The act of punishing.
2. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because
of a crime or offense.
I never gave them condign punishment. --Shak.
The rewards and punishments of another life.
--Locke.
3. (Law) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a
convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally
for the purposes of reformation and prevention.
Meaning of PUNISHMENT from wikipedia
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Punishment, commonly, is the
imposition of an
undesirable or
unpleasant outcome upon an
individual or group,
meted out by an authority—in
contexts ranging...
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Capital punishment, also
known as the
death penalty and
formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned
killing of a
person as
punishment for actual...
- A
corporal punishment or a
physical punishment is a
punishment which is
intended to
cause physical pain to a person. When it is
inflicted on minors, especially...
- group.
Punishment or The
Punishment may also
refer to:
Punishment (psychology)
Capital punishment School discipline,
punishment at
school Punishment (album)...
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Crime and
Punishment is a
novel by the
Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was
first published in the
literary journal The
Russian Messenger in twelve...
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Corporal punishment,
sometimes referred to as "physical
punishment" or "physical discipline", has been
defined as the use of
physical force, no matter...
- The
Punishment (Spanish: El castigo) is a 2022
drama film
directed by Matías Bize and
written by
Coral Cruz.
Starring Antonia Zegers and
Nestor Cantillana...
- In the
United States,
capital punishment (also
known as the
death penalty) is a
legal penalty in 27
states (of whom two,
Oregon and Wyoming, do not currently...
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Corporal punishment in
schools is the
deliberate infliction of
physical pain as a
response to
undesired behavior by students. The term
corporal punishment derives...
- "Running the gauntlet"
refers to
taking part in a form of
corporal punishment in
which one or more
individuals is
forced to run
between two rows of people...
