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punishment
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punishment
n.
discipline, penalty; fine, financial penalty
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Punishment
Punishment is the authoritative imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, in response to a particular action or behaviour that is deemed unacceptable or threatening to some norm.
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punishment
Noun
1. the act of punishing
(synonym) penalty, penalization, penalisation
(hypernym) social control
(hyponym) castigation, chastisement
(derivation) punish, penalize, penalise
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punishment
n.
trest
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punishment
Rzecz.
ukaranie; kara
