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punishment
/ ˈʌɪʃəԳ /
noun
- a penalty or sanction given for any crime or offence
- the act of punishing or state of being punished
- informal.rough treatment
- psychol any aversive stimulus administered to an organism as part of training
Other yvlog Forms
- ԴDz·ܲi·Գ noun
- v·ܲi·Գ noun
- ·ܲi·Գ noun
- ·ܲi·Գ adjective
- ·ܲi·Գ noun
- -ܲi·Գ noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of punishment1
Idioms and Phrases
see glutton for punishment .Example Sentences
On Friday Sharkey was handed a two year prison term, suspended for two years, after a judge concluded her post-natal depression had impaired her judgement so severely the case "called for compassion" rather than punishment.
The signs include “identification of enemies as a unifying cause,” “controlled mass media,” “corporate power protected,” “labor power suppressed,” “disdain for intellectuals and the arts,” “obsession with crime and punishment,”and “rampant cronyism & corruption.”
The boy will have to face his punishment.
Following the reports, civil society organisations, musicians, and individuals held a protest march on Thursday, calling for the government to amend the law to introduce tougher punishments for child rapists.
As the notorious weekend approaches, officials remind partygoers of California’s Good Samaritan law, which exempts anyone who seeks help for someone overdosing from punishment for drug possession or being under the influence.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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