Definition of punishment

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Punishment (n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention..

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Impunibly :: Impunibly (adv.) Without punishment; with impunity.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment..
Elinguation :: Elinguation (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.
Damnation :: Damnation (n.) A sin deserving of everlasting punishment.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish..
Punisher :: Punisher (n.) One who inflicts punishment.
Blanket :: Blanket (v. t.) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
Tumbril :: Tumbril (n.) A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
Theftbote :: Theftbote (n.) The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
Example :: Example (n.) That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
Condemn :: Condemn (v. t.) To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty..
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation..
Attrition :: Attrition (n.) Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement..
Masthead :: Masthead (v. t.) To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment.
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor..
Infliction :: Infliction (n.) The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment..
Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Cart :: Cart (v. t.) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
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