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Punishment

//ˈpʌnɪʃmənt//

Synonyms for "punishment" (95 found)

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Informal (12)

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(3 words)

damage thrashing lashing

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

hanging flogging sentencing

Adv, noun, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(1 words)

General use (83)

Noun, verb(31 words)

discipline abuse injury beating torture sanction sentence scourge reward harm exile recompense lesson quittance whipping rebuke revenge mulct penance scolding

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trouncing deserts battering reproof chastening cashiering mauling caning paddling scourging disciplining

Noun(34 words)

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reprisal chastisement chastening comeuppance admonishment penology maltreatment just deserts dressing-down punition amercement avengement penalization penalisation

Adj, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun(4 words)

justice visitation payment nemesis

penal retribution what is due what is merited

Verb(2 words)

chastising castigating

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