punishment
English Thesaurus
1. the act of punishing (noun.act)
hypernym | : | social control, |
definition | : | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | corporal punishment, |
definition | : | the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | cruel and unusual punishment, |
definition | : | punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | detention, |
definition | : | a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | economic strangulation, |
definition | : | punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | imprisonment, |
definition | : | putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | medicine, music, |
definition | : | punishment for one's actions (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | self-punishment, |
definition | : | punishment inflicted on yourself (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | stick, |
definition | : | threat of a penalty (noun.act) |
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