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v. discipline, penalize | ||||
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Punish Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Punish
(v. t.)
To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
(v. t.)
To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
(v. t.)
To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
(v. t.)
To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
(v. t.)
To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
(v. t.)
To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
| WordNet 2.0 |
punish
Verb
1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
(synonym) penalize, penalise
(hyponym) revenge, avenge, retaliate
(entail) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
(derivation) punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
Verb
1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
(synonym) penalize, penalise
(hyponym) revenge, avenge, retaliate
(entail) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
(derivation) punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
| Lexicon of Thieves' Cant |
Criminals being punished - being transported
barrow man, lag
barrow man, lag
Criminals being punished - crow bar
Bess, Betty, ginny, jemmy
Criminals being punished - in stocks
babes in the wood, nappered, overseer With hands burned:badge, charactered
| hEnglish - advanced version |
punish
punish
\pun"ish\, v. t. to deal with roughly or harshly; -- chiefly used with regard to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy. [colloq. or slang]
punish
\pun"ish\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. punished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. punishing.] [oe. punischen, f. punir, from l. punire, punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. see pain, and -ish.]
1. to impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience. a greater power now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned.
2. to inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
3. to injure, as by beating; to pommel. [low]
punish
\pun"ish\, v. t. to deal with roughly or harshly; -- chiefly used with regard to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy. [colloq. or slang]
punish
\pun"ish\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. punished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. punishing.] [oe. punischen, f. punir, from l. punire, punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. see pain, and -ish.]
1. to impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience. a greater power now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned.
2. to inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
3. to injure, as by beating; to pommel. [low]
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Argospi
Argospi = v. to punish, openly
Argospi = v. to punish, openly
Cospi
Cospi = v. to chastise, to punish
Dygospi
Dygospi = v. to punish
Punish Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
punish
macto, vindico, muto
macto, vindico, muto
deliver/ punish
vindico
punish relate
exsequor
| Phobia |
Mastigophobia
Fear of punishment
Fear of punishment
Rhabdophobia
Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized
Fear of magic(wand)
Punish Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English - Klingon |
punish
v. bIj or Hup
v. bIj or Hup
Punish Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Punishment
Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant or aversive on a person or animal in response to an unwanted, disobedient or morally wrong behavior.
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