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Punishment

Definition of Punishment

  • 1. The act of punishing Noun

Synonyms for word "punishment"

  • penalisation
  • penalization
  • penalty

Semanticaly linked words with "punishment"

  • social control
  • castigation
  • chastisement
  • corporal punishment
  • cruel and unusual punishment
  • detention
  • correction
  • discipline
  • economic strangulation
  • imprisonment
  • medicine
  • music
  • self-punishment
  • stick
  • penance
  • self-abasement
  • self-mortification

Hyponims for word "punishment"

  • social control

Lexical Analysis for "punishment"

  1. punish
    Verb
    derivation
    1
    1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
Words Rhyme with punishment
  • abandonment
  • abasement
  • abashment
  • abatement
  • abetment
  • abolishment
  • abridgement
  • abridgment
  • abscondment
  • abutment
  • accompaniment
  • accomplishment
  • accouchement
  • accouterment
  • accoutrement
  • accruement
Etymology for punishment
  • has derived form punish
  • etymologically related impunity
  • etymologically related operant conditioning
  • etymologically related punishable
  • etymologically related punisher
  • etymologically related punishing
  • etymologically related punitive
  • is derived from corporal punishment
  • is derived from mirror punishment
  • is derived from punishments
  • is derived from telishment
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