transcription, транскрипция: [ pʌnɪʃmənt ]
( punishments)
1.
Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished.
...a group which campaigns against the physical punishment of children...
I have no doubt that the man is guilty and that he deserves punishment.
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2.
A punishment is a particular way of punishing someone.
The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption...
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3.
You can use punishment to refer to severe physical treatment of any kind.
Don’t expect these types of boot to take the punishment that gardening will give them.
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4.
see also capital punishment , corporal punishment