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Punishment Punishing Physical Noun Act Punished Group Campaigns

word punishment
definition
noun
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.
A punishment is a particular way of punishing someone.
The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption.
The usual punishment is a fine.
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.
inflections punishments
cefr-level B1

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