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Word: punishment (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
  • A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
  • figurative Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished
  • The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.

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