The meaning of Punish

Punish – definition

verb
Inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code.
Usage examples:
I have done wrong and i'm being punished for it
Synonims:
Penalize Discipline Mete out punishment to Bring someone to book Teach someone a lesson Make an example of Tan/whip someone's hide Get Scalp Murder Wallop Thump Give it to someone Throw the b

verb
To cause people who have done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer by making them do something they don’t want to do or sending them to prison
Usage examples:
She was punished for being late to school., swimming in the potomac is punishable by a fine., [ c ]…

Punish translation into English

Punish: translate from English into Chinese

惩治, 惩罚, 诛, 罚, 惩处, 处罚, 惩, 惩办, 处分, 惩戒, 治, 处置, 办罪, 责, 咎, 惩艾

Punish: translate from English into Dutch

Straffen, Bestraffen, Afstraffen, Kastijden, Toetakelen, Ranselen, Verbeteren

Punish: translate from English into French

Punir, Malmener, Fatiguer, Faire honneur à

Punish: translate from English into German

Bestrafen, Strafen, Ahnden, Quälen, Strapazieren, Schinden, Vorführen, Zusetzen, Vergattern

Punish: translate from English into Hindi

सज़ा देना, दंड देना, ताड़ना करना, कष्ट पहुंचाना

Punish: translate from English into Italian

Punire, Castigare, Mettere a dura prova

Punish: translate from English into Korean

벌하다, 사람을 벌하다, 죄를 벌하다, 혼내주다, 상대방을 혼내주다, 처벌하다, 징벌하다

Punish: translate from English into Russian

Наказывать, Наказать, Карать, Расправляться, Налагать взыскание, Задать перцу, Навалиться на еду, Причинять повреждения, Грубо обращаться, Наносить удары, Много есть

Punish: translate from English into Spanish

Castigar, Maltratar, Zamparse, Dar una paliza de

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French puniss-, lengthened stem of punir ‘punish’, from Latin punire, from poena ‘penalty’.

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Punish – similar words

punishably

adverb
In a manner deserving or inviting punishment; to a punishable degree.

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punishable

adjective
(of an act) subject to a judicial punishment.
Usage examples:
A criminal offence punishable by up to three years in jail

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punishability

noun
The fact or quality of being punishable.

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Punish synonims

discipline

noun
The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.
Usage examples:
A lack of proper parental and school discipline

verb
Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.
Usage examples:
Many parents have been afraid to discipline their children

noun
Training that produces obedience or self-control, often in the form of rules and punishments if these are broken, or the obedience or self-control produced by this training
Usage examples:
Military discipline, learning a foreign language requires discipline., an academic discipline, he w…

All meanings and translations of Discipline

get

verb
Come to have (something); receive.
Usage examples:
I got a letter from him the other day

noun
See have.

verb
Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

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murder

noun
The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Usage examples:
The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

verb
Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.
Usage examples:
He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

verb
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

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penalize

verb
Subject to a penalty or punishment.
Usage examples:
High-spending councils will be penalized

verb
To punish someone, esp. for breaking the law or a rule
Usage examples:
The new law penalizes the taxpayers who can least afford to pay., boone was penalized for unnecessa…

verb
To treat someone or something in a way that gives them a disadvantage
Usage examples:
The current tax system penalizes people on low incomes., the stock was penalized because wall stree…

All meanings and translations of Penalize

scalp

noun
The skin covering the head, excluding the face.
Usage examples:
Hair tonics will improve the condition of your hair and scalp

verb
Take the scalp of (an enemy) as a battle trophy.
Usage examples:
None of the soldiers were scalped

noun
The skin on the top of the head where the hair grows
Usage examples:
His hair was cut so short you could see his scalp.

All meanings and translations of Scalp

thump

verb
Hit or strike heavily, especially with the fist or a blunt implement.
Usage examples:
Holman thumped the desk with his hand

noun
A dull, heavy blow with a person's fist or a blunt implement.
Usage examples:
I felt a thump on my back

verb
To hit something, making a soft, heavy noise
Usage examples:
[ t ] he thumped his chest., i heard a thump upstairs.

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wallop

verb
Strike or hit very hard.
Usage examples:
They walloped the back of his head with a stick

noun
A heavy blow or punch.
Usage examples:
I gave it a wallop with my boot

All meanings and translations of Wallop

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