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

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...gives a student the right\Nto walk about the school at night. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Therefore, as punishment for your actions,\N points will be taken. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,-?!\N-Each. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone