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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 a
group or individual,
meted out by an authority—in
contexts ranging...
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Capital punishment, also
known as the
death penalty, is the state-sanctioned
killing of a
person as
punishment for a crime. The
sentence ordering that...
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Corporal punishment or
physical punishment is a
punishment intended to
cause physical pain to a person. When
practised on minors,
especially in home and...
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Crime and
Punishment (pre-reform Russian: Преступленіе и наказаніе; post-reform Russian: Преступление и наказание, tr. Prestupléniye i nakazániye,...
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Capital punishment, also
called the
death penalty, is a
legal penalty in the
United States, with it
being a
legal punishment in 28 states,
American Samoa...
- The
following is a
summary of the use of
capital punishment by country. Globally, of the 195
independent states that are UN
members or have UN observer...
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School corporal punishment is the
deliberate infliction of
physical pain or
discomfort and
psychological humiliation as a
response to
undesired behavior...
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Capital punishment in the
United Kingdom was used from
ancient times until the
second half of the 20th century. The last
executions in the
United Kingdom...
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Murga (also
spelled Murgha) is a
stress position used as a
corporal punishment mainly in
parts of the
Indian subcontinent (specifically
Northern India...
- A
switch is a
flexible rod
which is
typically used for
corporal punishment.
Switching is
similar to birching.
Switches are
typically made of
strong and...