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Definition of PUNISHMENT

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

- Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging...
- Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment...
- corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of physical pain as a response to undesired behavior by students. The term corporal punishment derives...
- 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...
- Field punishment is any form of punishment used against military personnel in the field; that is, field punishment does not require that the member be...
- Unusual Punishment Clause, the Supreme Court has struck down the application of capital punishment in some instances, but capital punishment is still...
- Crime and Punishment (pre-reform Russian: Преступленіе и наказаніе; post-reform Russian: Преступление и наказание, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye, IPA:...
- The picket, picquet or piquet was a form of military punishment in vogue in the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe. It consisted of the offender being forced...
- The Roundup: Punishment (Korean: 범죄도시4; lit. Crime City 4) is a 2024 South Korean action crime film directed by Heo Myung-haeng, starring Ma Dong-seok...
- Capital Punishment may also refer to: Capital Punishment (Big Pun album), 1998 Capital Punishment (Unit:187 album), 2003 Capital Punishment (film), a...