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- Dictionarypun·ish/ˈpəniSH/
verb
- 1. inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offense, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code: "I have done wrong and I'm being punished for it"
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The meaning of PUNISH is to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation. How to use punish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Punish.
1. to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour. 2. (transitive) to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc) 3. (transitive) to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion. to punish a horse. 4. (transitive) informal.
to cause someone who has done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer, by hurting them, forcing them to pay money, sending them to prison, etc.: Those responsible for these crimes must be brought to court and punished. He punished the class by giv ing them extra work.
Synonyms for PUNISH: penalize, fine, criticize, chastise, sentence, convict, discipline, correct; Antonyms of PUNISH: excuse, spare, pardon, forfeit, release, get off, ransom, vindicate.
To punish is to discipline or penalize someone because they've done something wrong. If you stole the cookie from the cookie jar, someone may have to punish you.
Punish definition: to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault. See examples of PUNISH used in a sentence.
Definition of punish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
