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Definition: Punishment |
PunishmentNoun1. The act of punishing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "punishment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Punishment The New Testament lays down the general principles of good government, but contains no code of laws for the punishment of offenders. Punishment proceeds on the principle that there is an eternal distinction between right and wrong, and that this distinction must be maintained for its own sake. It is not primarily intended for the reformation of criminals, nor for the purpose of deterring others from sin. These results may be gained, but crime in itself demands punishment. (See MURDER ¯T0002621; THEFT.) Endless, of the impenitent and unbelieving. The rejection of this doctrine "cuts the ground from under the gospel...blots out the attribute of retributive justice; transmutes sin into misfortune instead of guilt; turns all suffering into chastisement; converts the piacular work of Christ into moral influence...The attempt to retain the evangelical theology in connection with it is futile" (Shedd). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Health | The application of an unpleasant stimulus or penalty for the purpose of eliminating or correcting undesirable behavior. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant on a wrongdoer. Most often, criminals are punished by fines or prison. Children are also punished by their parents, guardians, or teachers.
In operant conditioning, punishment is the presentation of a stimulus contingent on a response which results in a decrease in response strength (as evidenced by an decrease in the frequency of response). The effectiveness of punishment in suppressing the response depends on many factors, including the intensity of the stimulus and the consistency with which the stimulus is presented when the response occurs. In parenting, additional factors that increase the effectiveness of punishment include a verbal explanation of the reason for the punishment and a good relationship between the parent and the child.
Deterrence is a very common reason given for why someone should be punished.
Possible reasons for punishment
See also: Criminal justiceDeterrence
Deterrence means dissuading someone from future wrongdoing, by making the punishment severe enough that the benefit gained from the offense is outweighed by the cost (and probability) of the punishment.Rehabilitation
Some punishment includes work to reform the wrongdoer so that they will not commit the offense again. This is different from deterrence, in that the goal here is to change the offender's attitude to what they have done, and make them come to accept that their behaviour was wrong.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Punishment."
Synonyms: PunishmentSynonyms: penalisation (n), penalization (n), penalty (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Killing | Deathblow, finishing stroke, coup de grace, quietus; execution. (capital punishment); judicial murder; martyrdom. |
Pain | Cancer, ulcer, sting, thorn; canker; (bane); scorpion; (evil doer); dagger; (arms); scourge; (instrument of punishment); carking care, canker worm of care. |
Punishment | Verb: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste. |
Suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment; be flogged. | |
Noun: punishment,punition; chastisement, chastening; correction, castigation. | |
Lash, scaffold; (instrument of punishment); imprisonment; (restraint); transportation, banishment, expulsion, exile, involuntary exile, ostracism; penal servitude, hard labor; galleys; beating;Verb: flagellation, fustigation, gantlet, strappado, estrapade, bastinado, argumentum baculinum, stick law, rap on the knuckles, box on the ear; blow; (impulse); stripe, cuff, kick, buffet, pummel; slap, slap in the face; wipe, douse; coup de grace; torture, rack; picket, picketing; dragonnade. | |
Capital punishment; execution; lethal injection; the gas chamber; hanging;Verb: electrocution, rail-riding, scarpines; decapitation, decollation; garrotte, garrotto; crucifixion, impalement; firing squad; martyrdom; auto-da-fe; noyade; happy dispatch. | |
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Crosswords: Punishment |
| English words defined with "punishment": Corporal punishment, cruel and unusual punishment. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "punishment": Article 15 ♦ Basilisk, Besides, BIGAMY, BLACK BOOK, Black Hole of Calcutta, BOARD ♦ Capital, CARTING, Catiline's Conspiracy, Cell-In, CHOAKING PYE, Clever, COLD PIG, COLD PYE, COT ♦ Drunkard's Cloak ♦ FOD ♦ Horse. ♦ IMPALE, IMPENITENCE, In for a Penny in for a Pound, Ismene ♦ Judgment Day ♦ KEELHAULING, Kiss the Rod ♦ Luke's Iron Crown, Lying ♦ Marino Faliero ♦ Odorico, Old News ♦ Penitent, Plague, Plith ♦ Quos Ego, QUOT ♦ Reconcilation, repentance, Reversal Learning, REVIEWING OFFICER, DRIVER'S LICENSE, Right ♦ Sapphira, Slate One, Smart, Stigmatise ♦ TARRING AND FEATHERING, tortoise, trial ♦ WOODEN HORSE. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "punishment": Vindictive. (references) |
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Screenplays | Garth, marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries! (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner. Based on the sketch from Saturday Night Live.) And as punishment she transformed him into a hideous beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there. (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury) If a court decides that what we did was wrong, then I'll accept whatever punishment they give. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) I have a feeling that what you are about to go through is punishment enough. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) As punishment for your desertion, it's company policy to give you the plague! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | You can feel the punishment but you can't commit the sin (NO ONE IS TO BLAME; performing artist: Howard Jones) | |
Clever | Definition of a teenager? God's punishment for enjoying sex. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Bear for Punishment (1951) Crime and Punishment (1935) Capital Punishment (1925) A Glutton for Punishment (1920) The Punishment (1917) | |
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 | "Let the punishment fit the crime" -- from the Mikado. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Let the punishment fit the crime. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Crime and punishment / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Inca punishment stone, Cuzco, Peru. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | General Patricks punishment for gamblers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Post-war punishment for Adolph". Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Abolish capital punishment. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Capital punishment means them without the capital get the punishment. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Chuang Tzu | Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education. |
Francis Quarles | Wickedness is its own punishment. |
Jeremy Bentham | All punishment is mischief. All punishment of itself is evil. |
John Ray | Many without punishment, none without sin. |
Marcus T. Cicero | Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense. |
Pierre Corneille | Just vengeance does not call for punishment. |
Robert Herrick | Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment. |
Seneca | A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor. |
St. Augustine | Punishment is justice for the unjust. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Secondly, It must be without retribution, or punishment; and the reason he gives is, because an inferior cannot punish a superior. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 2: The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2004 | Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It will be its duty to fix the punishment which it considers should be imposed. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | But after all the punishment that misconduct can bring, it is still not less misconduct. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was undergoing his punishment in the galleys of Toulon, whence he had been brought for this occasion. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | As the waters of baptism cleanse the soul with the body so do the fires of punishment torture the spirit with the flesh. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The dwarf at my entreaty had no other punishment than a sound whipping. |
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Health | Guilt feelings may stem from the often subconscious feeling that disease is a punishment for being bad. Your child, therefore, needs frequent reassurances that he or she has done nothing wrong and is loved. (references) | |
Business | Violations of these regulation laws are warranted enough for severe punishment. (references) | |
The international law series covers media control and censorship, search and seizure, and trial justice and punishment. (references) | ||
Children | Bolivia | Corporal punishment and verbal abuse are common in schools. (references) |
Lithuania | In February the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child criticized the widespread use of corporal punishment in families. (references) | |
Lithuania | In December "a punishment cell" was eliminated in one of these care houses, and a psychologist's post and a relaxation room were set up. Child abuse in connection with alcohol abuse by parents also was a serious problem. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Czech Republic | A February 1998 presidential amnesty granted amnesty to those receiving expulsion sentences for crimes in which the punishment was less than 5 years' imprisonment; however, according to one NGO that follows this issue, some courts have not implemented this amnesty. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | The LIDHO, a leading civil rights NGO, and all major opposition parties criticized the law as unduly vague and as one that imposed punishment on some persons for the crimes of others. (references) | |
India | As punishment the act stipulates that the authorities may seize newspapers and printing presses. (references) | |
Economic History | Taiwan | The anti-corruption statute, known as the "Corruption Punishment Statute" and the "Criminal Code" contain specific provisions, which establish penalties for corrupt activities. (references) |
Monaco | A new constitution, proclaimed in 1962, abolished capital punishment, provided for female suffrage, and established a Supreme Court to guarantee fundamental liberties. (references) | |
Taiwan | Attempting to bribe or accepting a bribe from Taiwan officials constitutes a criminal offense, punishable under the "Corruption Punishment Statute" and the "Criminal Code." Payment of a bribe to a foreign official is not deemed a criminal act. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | Although prisoners generally have access to health care, prison officials sometimes withheld prescribed treatment as punishment. (references) |
Nicaragua | While the police await the decisions from the courts, the Inspector General's office normally applies a mild punishment, such as suspension or confinement to precinct. (references) | |
Solomon Islands | The Malaitan encampment near Honiara, as well as the former Guadalcanal provincial government headquarters, also reportedly are used for the torture of captured Guadalcanalese and the punishment of Malaitans. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Venezuela | The petition alleged that the Government failed in its obligation to protect the Yanomami and to seek appropriate punishment of the killers, who were released by the Brazilian authorities after 3 months' detention. (references) |
Minorities | India | In Uttar Pradesh on August 6, a young couple, a Brahmin boy and a Jat (lower caste) girl, were hanged publicly by their own families in front of most of the village as punishment for refusing to break off a cross-caste relationship. (references) |
Canada | Provincial authorities had warned the Church of God for several months previously that such severe corporal punishment could constitute child abuse. (references) | |
Political Economy | Guatemala | An estimated 15 percent of the violations derive from the obstruction of justice, particularly by police officers whose only punishment was to be rotated away from assignments where there were problems. (references) |
Nepal | The police at times used unwarranted lethal force and continued to abuse detainees, using torture as punishment or to extract confessions. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | However, in 2000 and during the year, the Government initiated limited measures to participate in international human rights mechanisms, such as its approval of the October legislation, which the Government claimed would address some of its obligations under the Convention Against Torture or Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (references) | |
Political Rights | Swaziland | Besides the Swazi Administration Act of 1998, chiefs traditionally are empowered by virtue of unwritten customary laws to impose fines and some form of punishment to their subjects. (references) |
Women | Taiwan | The Code of Criminal Procedure establishes the punishment for rape as not less than 5 years' imprisonment, and those convicted usually are sentenced to from 5 to 10 years in prison. (references) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Depending on the magnitude of the offense and the age of the victim, the punishment for rape is generally 10 or more years in prison. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kazakhstan | The law stipulates harsh punishment for employers who exploit children under the age of 16. The Ministry of Labor is responsible for enforcement of child labor laws and for administrative offenses punishable by fines; the MVD is responsible for criminal offenses. (references) |
Japan | Involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime, is prohibited. (references) | |
Ghana | In late 1998, the President signed into law legislation to provide additional child labor protection and strengthen the punishment for violators under a comprehensive children's act. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune. The plague as we of to-day have the happiness to know it is merely Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness. |
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Dominick Dunne | Well, punishment of some sort. But, of course, it could be psychiatric treatment. You know, I don't know if there's homes for pedophiles. I mean, I just don't know that. |
Samantha Geimer | Right. So, I mean, that's his form of punishment in itself. I think everyone finding out about it when you're a celebrity that's a high price to pay in itself. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | In vain may we expect peace with the Indians on our frontiers so long as a lawless set of unprincipled wretches can violate the rights of hospitality, or infringe the most solemn treaties, without receiving the punishment they so justly merit. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Here punishment falls on the guilty only, and as precise proof is required against him as against a freeman. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Many culprits brought within our limits have been condemned to suffer death, the punishment due to that atrocious crime. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | Our mission is not punishment, but the rectification of wrong. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Communism subjects the individual to arrest without lawful cause, punishment without trial, and forced labor as the chattel of the state. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | To be effective, this punishment must be swift and it must be certain. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | More police and punishment are important, but not enough. |
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| "Punishment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.06% of the time. "Punishment" is used about 2,116 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.06% | 2,096 | 4,147 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.66% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (common) | 0.28% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,116 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "punishment". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Colosse | N/A | Biblical | Punishment |
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Expressions using "punishment": administer a punishment ♦ administer punishment ♦ as a punishment ♦ award punishment ♦ capital punishment ♦ condign punishment ♦ corporal punishment ♦ cruel and unusual punishment ♦ deserving of punishment ♦ disciplinary punishment ♦ Draconian punishment ♦ exemplary punishment ♦ freedom from cruel and unusual punishment ♦ instrument of punishment ♦ just punishment ♦ physical punishment ♦ punishment room ♦ suffer punishment ♦ take a lot of punishment ♦ the supreme punishment. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "punishment": punishment-oriented. | |
Ending with "punishment": crime-and-punishment. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | straf. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndëshkim (amercement, castigation, chastisement, comeuppance, correction, discipline, hell, infliction, pain, penalty, penitence, plague, strafe, what for), keqtrajtim (disservice, ill use, ill-treatment, indignity, maltreatment, mistreatment, persecution), dënim (adjudication, castigation, censure, condemnation, conviction, damnation, denouncement, denunciation, deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, discipline, dispraise, doom, judgement, judgment, mulct, penalty, proscription, rap, recompense, sentence, strafe, what for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معاملة سيئة (mistreatment), معاقبة (alternation, chastisement, penalizing), قصاص (fictionist, novelist, penalty, storyteller), عقوبة (get a hanging, gruel, pain, penalization, penalty, retribution, sentence), عقاب (chastise, forfeit, music, penality, penalty, retribution, sanction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | грубо отнасяне (maltreatment, mistreatment), наказване, наказание (amercement, award, castigation, discipline, gruel, infliction, judgement, judgment, pain, pay, payment, penalty, plague, rap, requital, retribution), лошо отнасяне, бой (action, battle, doing, drubbing, fight, hiding, lashing, leathering, licking, lump, rough and tumble, rough up, thrashing, towelling, trimming, turnup, tussle, walloping, warming, whaling), пердах (dressing down, drubbing, hammering, hiding, leathering, licking, lump, paddywhack, strap-oil, thrashing, toko, towelling, walloping, whacking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 譴 (scold), 懲罰 (penalty, to punish), 处罚 (infliction, penalise, penalised), 刑 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | potrestání, trest (castigation, nemesis, pain, penalty, retribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | straf (penalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | straf (severe, strict, strong, vigorous), bestraffing. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | puno, punado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مجازات (Penalty, Reprimand, Retribution), گوشمالی (Rebuke, Scourge), تنبیه , سزا (Retribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rankaisu, rangaistus (penalty), kuritus (chastisement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | punition, peine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Strafe (chastisement, fine, forfeit, penalty, penance, retribution, sentence), Bestrafung (fine, penalisation, penalization, sentencing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τιμωρία (castigation, chastisement, correction, gantlet, penalization, penalty, retribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מוסר (chastisement, correction, ethics, instruction, moral, morale, reproof), מ " "'ו " (slab), תוכח" (admonition, exhortation, harangue, rebuke, reproach, reproof, trouble), שוט (lashing, scourge, whip), שפט (judgement), עו ש (fine, forfeit, penalty, retribution), ע יש" (chastise, penalty, punishing), "ע ש", סקו" (wounding), 'ע (blow, evil, leprosy, lesion, pestilence, plague, scurf, stroke, trouble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | büntetés (castigation, chastisement, fine, forfeit, imposition, pain, penalty, retribution, reward), megtorlás (recompense, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, reward, sanction, strafe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | hukuman (infliction, sentence), ganjaran (just deserts, retribution, reward), azab (torment), ajaran (doctrine, lesson, teaching, theory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | punizione (castigation, chastisement, penalty, sentence), castigo (castigation, chastisement, pain, penalty, retribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 懲罰 (discipline, reprimand), 懲' (discipline, reprimand), 処罰 , 処刑 , 刑罰 (judgement, penalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいばい (judgement), ちょうかい (deliquescence, discipline, listening comprehension, morning assembly, reprimand, town council), ちょうばつ (discipline, reprimand), じゅけい (be punished), けい (about, approximately, beheading, group, incline, knight, lean, light, lineage, lord, penalty, plan, sentence, state minister, strong, system, ten quadrillion, thorn, thousand billion, time, toward, whip), けいりく (execution, penalty), けい"く (jail), けいばつ (clan, extraordinarily excellent, judgement, penalty, scintillating), ようちょう (chastisement, winding, zigzag), ちょうあく (chastisement for evildoing), いましめ (admonition, binding, bondage, caution, commandment, guard, precept, warning), しおき (execution), せいさい (brilliance, detail, legal wife, life, restraint, sanctions, vitality, vividness), ほう (Act, cannon, divide, emulate, follow, gun, imitate, information, male phoenix bird, retribution, salary, side), ばち (curse, pick, plectrum, retribution), ばつ (attack, clan, clique, faction, penalty, punish, strike), しょけい (dear friends, first menstruation, writer's cramp, you or those men), しょばつ, しょぶ" (dealing, disposal), ざいか (commodity, crime, fault, goods on hand, guilt, offence, offense, property, stock), むくい (recompense, retribution, return, reward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 징벌. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | hukuman (adjudication, judgment, verdict). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | reealley (riddle, riddling, shake, shake down, sieve, sift, sifting), pennys (penance), kerraghey (amerce, castigate, chasten, chastening, correct, correct as child, correction, penalize, punish, punishing, victimize, visitation), kerragh, cooilleeney (achieve, achievement, acquit, acquittal, avenge, compensate, compensation, consummate, consummation, execute, fulfil, fulfilment, satisfaction, satisfy, vengeance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | kastigu, kastigo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unishmentpay punição (amercement, castigation, correction, discipline, fine, flogging, pain, penalty, rod), castigo (avengement, birching, castigation, chastisement, discipline, flogging, grueling, gruelling, pain, payment, penalty, retribution, sanction). (various references) purtare severã, penalizare (forfeit, penalization, penalty), pedepsire, pedeapsã (calamity, castigation, chastisement, cuss, discipline, imposition, lag, pain, payment, pedate, penalty, penance, performance, plague, retribution, rod, sanction, trouble), sancţionare (enforcement, penalization), sãpunealã (knock, pi-jaw, roast, soaping, wigging), represiune (repression). (various references) наказание (amercement, castigation, chastisement, discipline, infliction, judgement, judgment, mulct, penalization, penalty, rap, strafe, toco, what-for). (various references) peanas (penance). (various references) kazna (castigation, fine, forfeit, penalty, rap, retribution, scourge). (various references) castigo (castigation, chastisement, corner, exile, penalization, penalty, redemption, scourge), escarmiento (chastisement, example, lesson, penalty). (various references) strafu. (various references) straff (chastisement, grueling, gruelling, infliction, judgement, judgment, pain, penalty, penalty kick), bestraffning (correction, discipline, penalty, rebuke). (various references) zahmet (bother, exertion, grueling, gruelling, inconvenience, onerousness, pain, pains, painstaking, struggle, toil, travail, trouble), yüklenme (assumption, embarkation), sert davranma, hırpalama (ill-treatment, maltreatment), eziyet (gnawing, grind, grinding work, infliction, maltreatment, oppression, pain, persecution, torment, torture, vexation), cezalandırma (castigation, chastisement, correction), ceza (correction, criminal, fine, forfeit, imposition, infliction, pain, penal, penalty, punitive, recompense, retribution, sconce), ağır çalıştırma. (various references) temmi, jeza (penalty, retribution), здre. (various references) кара (award, chastisement), каліцтво (maim, mutilation), важкий режим роботи, покарання (castigation, chastisement, correction, judgement, judgment, mulct, payment, penalty). (various references) sự trừng phạt (amercement, castigation, chastisement, lesson, retribution, toco, toko), sự phạt, sự ngược đãi (ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, mistreatment, misusage, misuse, persecution). (various references) penyd (penance), cosbedigaeth, cosb (penalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | poine. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | poena. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | cithîm, citha. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 11, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ceiri ceiraV embalwn adikwV ouk atimwrhtoV estai o de speirwn dikaiosunhn lhmyetai misqon piston |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Manus in manu non erit innocens malus semen autem iustorum salvabitur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Hond in hond, shal not ben innocent the euele man; the sed forsothe of riytwis men shal be saued. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 11, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Bisan ang kamot madugtong sa kamot, ang dautang tawo dili makagawas sa silot; Apan ang kaliwat sa mga matarung pagaluwason. |
| Chinese | 惡 人 雖 然 連 手 、 必 不 免 受 罰 ． 義 人 的 後 " 必 得 拯 救 。 |
| Croatian | Zaista, zao èovjek neæe proæi bez kazne, a rod æe se pravednièki izbaviti. |
| Danish | Visselig undgår den onde ej Straf, de retfærdiges Æt går fri. |
| Dutch | Hand aan hand zal de boze niet onschuldig zijn; maar het zaad der rechtvaardigen zal ontkomen. |
| Finnish | Totisesti: paha ei jää rankaisematta, mutta vanhurskasten jälkeläiset pelastuvat. |
| French | Certes, le méchant ne restera pas impuni, Mais la postérité des justes sera sauvée. |
| German | Den Bösen hilft nichts, wenn sie auch alle Hände zusammentäten; aber der Gerechten Same wird errettet werden. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Wè pa wè, yo gen pou yo pini mechan yo. Men, tout moun k'ap mache dwat yo ap sove. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang jahat pasti mendapat hukuman; orang baik akan selamat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa dari pada tangan datang kepada tangan, maka orang jahat tiada terlepas dari pada hukumannya; tetapi anak cucu orang yang benar itu juga akan luput. |
| Italian | Certo non rester impunito il malvagio, ma la discendenza dei giusti si salver . |
| Maori | ¶ Ahakoa awhi nga ringa ki a raua, e kore te tangata kino e waiho kia kore e whiua; ka mawhiti ia te uri o te hunga tika. |
| Norwegian | Visselig, den onde blir ikke ustraffet, men de rettferdiges ætt slipper unda. |
| Portuguese | Decerto o homem mau não ficará sem castigo; porém a descendência dos justos será livre. |
| Rumanian | Hotqrkt: cel rqu nu va rqmknea nepedepsit, dar sqmknya celor neprihqniyi va fi scqpatq. - |
| Russian | нПЦОП ПТХЮЙФШУС, ЮФП ПТПЮОЩК ОЕ ПУФБОЕФУС ОЕОБЛБЪБООЩН; УЕНС ЦЕ ТБЧЕ"ОЩИ У БУЕФУС. |
| Spanish | De ninguna manera quedará impune el malo, pero la descendencia de los justos escapará. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "punishment": punishments. (additional references) | |
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"Punishment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: panishment, punishmentt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "punishment" (pronounced pu"nishmunt) |
| 7 | -n i sh m u n t | astonishment, banishment, diminishment, garnishment, replenishment. |
| 6 | -i sh m u n t | accomplishment, blandishment, disestablishment, embellishment, establishment, extinguishment, impoverishment, nourishment, refurbishment. |
| 5 | -sh m u n t | refreshment. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, atonement, attachment, attainment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-m-n-n-p-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: humpiest, huntsmen, punniest, shipment. | |
-3 letters: emptins, impetus, imputes, inhumes, minuets, minutes, mistune, muntins, mutines, pinetum, puniest, punnets, punties, shipmen, tenpins, tunnies, unspent, uptimes. | |
-4 letters: ennuis, hemins, impute, inhume, inmesh, inputs, instep, minuet, minute, mispen, muntin, mutine, ninths, pennis, pitmen, puisne, punish, punnet, sennit, septum, spinet, supine, tennis, tenpin, tenuis, theins, theism, thumps, tinmen. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-m-n-n-p-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: punishments. | |
+5 letters: enantiomorphous. | |
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