punishment

punishment is part of the Basic English 850.

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Noun

Singular punishment

Plural punishments

1. (countable & uncountable) A punishment is a response to bad actions; it is used to try to stop another bad action.

   Punishment is hard to accept.

   His punishments were financial and verbal.

Synonyms

• penalty

Antonyms

• reward
• award, prize

Related words

• capital punishment
• corporal punishment
• punish