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.
(..) I'm not sure. Why didn't you just... kill me? You don't fear death, you welcome it. Your punishment must be more severe. - Torture? - Yes. But not of your body. Of your soul. - Where am I? (..)2012 The Dark Knight Rises