Thesaurus:punishment

English

Noun

Sense: the act of imposing a penalty

Synonyms
  • castigation (archaic)
  • chastening
  • chastisement
  • correction
  • gruel
  • punishment
  • punition (obsolete)
Hypernyms
Meronyms

Further reading

  • “972. punishment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “punishment” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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