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.
(..) ...how he defied authority... ...and created the Antimatter Universe billions of years ago. He nearly annihilated all of creation. As punishment he was turned into disembodied energy... ...and cast throughout the cosmos. We thought him gone... ...but it seems he has reconstituted himself (..)2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights