Punishment means: The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for examp... Related words include penalty. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Punishment in practice.

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Punishment meaning

  1. The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.
  2. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
  3. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution.

Synonyms of Punishment

penalty penalization penalisation social control

Example sentences (20)

He also revealed that he was sentenced to an isolated punishment cell for another 15 days after just coming out of it.

Bruno Fernandes will escape punishment after the FA decided not to investigate his alleged push on a linesman.

Even though these people may not have been executed the way Lee was, they do get some punishment in this life.

A potholed street in Sheffield has not been resurfaced as ‘punishment’ for a tree protest six years ago, residents claim.

Adequate punishment should be given to the culprits for sexually and physically assaulting me in the most horrific manner.

Bliss also intentionally got herself disqualified in their first title match in order to inflict more punishment on Belair.

But then they refused to, out of fear of the punishment their children could face if they stayed in prison.

Bowers was sentenced to death last month after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate.

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And now, my punishment for some past life must-have-atrocities: engaging with the AI sidekick LOLtron.

But, after confirming she was a college graduate, he proposed a different kind of punishment: a 30-page paper due in three weeks.

But the real punishment, Paulmeier says, aren't the mandatory trainings or the months-long probation.

He’s jealous of Carmy and thinks he’s been sent to clean forks in another restaurant as a punishment.

But in 1976, the court ruled that capital punishment was constitutional in limited circumstances.

As punishment for his behavior, Smith was later banned from attending the ceremony for 10 years.

A case was booked under section 392 (Punishment for robbery) of the Indian Penal code (IPC) and the accused was arrested by the police.

An increasing number of people are being discouraged from seeking vital health services for fear of attacks and punishment, they added.

As I have witnessed time and again in my correspondence and conversations with the condemned, capital punishment constitutes — torture.

French bank Société Générale paid US$1.3 billion to the US government in 2018 as a punishment for providing financial services in Cuba.

He said the real punishment was that he’d have to live with the shame for the rest of his life.

But some people create New Year’s resolutions almost as a marker of punishment, Williams said.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "punishment" in a sentence?
An example: "He also revealed that he was sentenced to an isolated punishment cell for another 15 days after just coming out of it." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "punishment" from real English texts.
What does "punishment" mean?
Punishment means: The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.
What are synonyms of "punishment"?
Common synonyms of "punishment" include: penalty, penalization, penalisation, social control.
How many example sentences with "punishment" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "punishment", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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