Punish
11punish */*/ — UK [ˈpʌnɪʃ] / US verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms punish : present tense I/you/we/they punish he/she/it punishes present participle punishing past tense punished past participle punished to make someone suffer because they have done… …
12punish — verb ADVERB ▪ harshly, severely ▪ justly ▪ unfairly ▪ duly ▪ Those who had opposed the court were duly punished …
13punish — pun|ish [ pʌnıʃ ] verb transitive often passive ** to make someone suffer because they have done something against the law or against the rules: Anyone caught smoking on school premises will be punished. punish someone for (doing) something: He… …
14punish — verb (T) 1 to make someone suffer because they have done something wrong or broken the law: Some people believe that smacking is not an acceptable way to punish a child. | In some countries women who have abortions can be punished by imprisonment …
15punish — v. 1) to punish cruelly; harshly, severely; lightly, mildly; summarily 2) (D; tr.) to punish for (they were punished harshly for their crime) * * * [ pʌnɪʃ] harshly lightly mildly severely summarily to punish cruelly (D; tr.) to punish for (they… …
16punish — 01. When her parents [punish] her, they usually send her to her room for a time out. 02. I can t [punish] my child for telling the truth about breaking the CD player. 03. The hockey player s 4 game suspension is sufficient [punishment] for the… …
17punish — /ˈpʌnɪʃ / (say punish) verb (t) 1. to subject to a penalty, or to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., for some offence, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal. 2. to inflict a penalty for (an offence, fault, etc.): to punish theft. 3. to …
18punish — verb Etymology: Middle English punisshen, from Anglo French puniss , stem of punir, from Latin punire, from poena penalty more at pain Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation b. to… …
19punish — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discipline, correct, chastise, chasten, castigate, penalize, sentence, train, reprove, scold, lecture, fine, incarcerate, imprison, immure, expel, execute, exile, behead, hang, electrocute, dismiss, disbar, disbench,… …
20punish — [14] Latin pūnīre ‘punish’ was derived from the noun poena ‘penalty, punishment’ (source of English pain). It passed into Old French as punir, whose stem puniss gave English punish. A derivative of pūnīre was pūnitīvus ‘inflicting punishment’,… …
