punishment

From the Anglo-Norman punisceement, punisement, punishement, punissement, punisshement and the Middle French punissement, from the Old French pugnissement, from puniss- (the long stem (see the French -iss-) of punir (“to punish”)) + -ment (synchronically punish +‎ -ment). Compare the English nouns punishing and punition.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/

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• Hyphenation: pun‧ish‧ment

punishment (countable and uncountable, plural punishments)

1. The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
2. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
3. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
4. (figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling

   a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment

• castigation
• punition
• beating

• reward

• retribution

• brute for punishment
• corporal punishment
• mirror punishment

• punishable
• punisher
• punishing
• punitive
• impunity

• telishment

• unshipment