punishment

Definition

  • noun: the act of punishing someone or a way of punishing someone
  • noun: the act of 'punishing'
  • synonyms: castigation, beating, punition

Examples

  • He keeps playing football despite all his injuries. I guess he's a 'glutton/sucker for punishment'. [=he is attracted to pain, suffering, difficulty, etc.]

  • These hiking boots are tough enough to take any amount of 'punishment'. [=the boots will not be ruined even if they are used very roughly]

  • The 'punishments' that the government has inflicted/imposed on the protesters are severe and unjust.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) for forgiveness, but it was too late. For she had seen that there was no love in his heart. Chip! Chip! Oh, my! As punishment... she transformed him into a hideous beast. And placed a powerful spell on the castle... and all who lived there. (..)
    2017 Beauty and the Beast