Punish(v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
Punish(v. t.) To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
Punish(v. t.) To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
Punishable(a.) Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.
Punished(imp. & p. p.) of Punish
Punisher(n.) One who inflicts punishment.
Punishing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Punish
Punishment(n.) The act of punishing.
Punishment(n.) Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense.
Punishment(n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.
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