punishment

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution.
  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.

Sinónimos

penalty
B2
discipline
C1
retribution
C2
chastisement
sanction
22k
sentence
B2
correction
C2
reprimand
23k
penalisation
penalization
judgement
C1
suffering
B1
torture
B2
fine
A1
pain
A2
castigation
guilt
B2
pay
A1
💸
infliction
judgment
B2
retaliation
C2
punish
B2
crime
A2
revenge
B1
reward
B2
nemesis
C2
result
B1
disposal
C1
offense
B2
restraint
C2
torment
C1
curse
B2
execution
C1
requital
penance
C2
payment
B2
💸
penal
C2
punished
B2
rebuke
38k
recompense
38k
reply
C1
reprisal
38k
reproof
return
A2
sanctions
22k
scolding
C2
smack
C1
soreness
sorrow
B2
stock
B2
Traducións

punition
Strafe
castigo
punizione
Bestrafung
straf
peine
punição
châtiment
castigo
castigo
sanction
poena
bestraffing

τιμωρία

Frecuencia

B2
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English
punishement
In summary

From Middle English punishement, from Old French punissement, from punir (“to punish”). Equivalent to punish + -ment. Displaced native Old English wīte.

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