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(n)
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
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The act of punishing; punishment.
Alternative spelling of penalization. [The act of punishing; punishment.]
The characteristic of being punishable; the ability to be punished.
(adj)
(law, military) Inflicting punishment; punishing.
Of or relating to punishment.
That has been the object of punishment.
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.
A disciplinary action.
A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
An act of retaliation.
The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.
The act of enforcing; compulsion.
(countable) A firmly held belief.
(uncountable) The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.
A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
(law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
The act or instance of suppressing.
The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.
That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent.
The act of correcting.
The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
(v)
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
(law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
Agreement; act of agreeing.
(uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle and gerund of combat
(countable, uncountable) Value.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
Punishment.
(often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
(adv)
(degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
An act or process of degradation.
A physical object; something that can be touched.
Fine champagne; French brandy.
A distressing or dangerous situation.
(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
(religion) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.
Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
Alternative form of law enforcement.
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
A surname.
(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
(colloquial) Without consequences or penalties, free without payment.
Physical frame.
(countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
(uncountable) unhappiness, woe
Not punished
British, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense.
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
A Jew who is the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
A toothed implement:
A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
(sports) A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
(informal) A penalty shootout.
(dance) A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
(Sikhism) A bangle worn by Sikhs, one of the five Ks, to remind them to do God's work.
A physical examination.
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
(chiefly US, Philippines, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
A Meitei classical musical instrument.
(N)
a compendium of Christian theology written by Peter Lombard around 1150.
a Finnish gothic metal band that played melodic death metal in their early years.
The act of one who sanctions.
(transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
In Greek mythology, Poena or Poine is the spirit of punishment and the attendant of punishment to Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution.