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Definitions for Punish

[1] to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
[2] to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft.
[3] to handle severely or roughly, as in a fight.
[4] to put to painful exertion, as a horse in racing.
[5] Informal . to make a heavy inroad on; deplete: to punish a quart of whiskey.
[6] to inflict punishment.
[7] to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour
[8] (tr) to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc)
[9] (tr) to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion to punish a horse
[10] (tr) informal to consume (some commodity) in large quantities to punish the bottle

Words related to Punish

discipline, incarcerate, harm, dismiss, expel, sentence, chastise, execute, hurt, abuse, fine, correct, spank, paddle, castigate, exile, reprove, whip, injure, debar

Words nearby Punish

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Origin of Punish

1300–50; Middle English punischen < Middle French puniss-, long stem of punir < Latin pūnīre; akin to poena penalty, pain

Other words from Punish

pun·ish·er , noun
o·ver·pun·ish , verb
pre·pun·ish , verb (used with object)
qua·si-pun·ished , adjective
re·pun·ish , verb
self-pun·ished , adjective
self-pun·ish·er , noun
un·pun·ished , adjective
well-pun·ished , adjective

Word origin for Punish

C14 punisse, from Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre to punish, from poena penalty

Synonyms for Punish

abuse, chastise, correct, crack down on, discipline, dismiss, execute, expel, fine, harm, hurt, incarcerate, sentence, batter, beat, blacklist, castigate, chasten, cuff, debar, defrock, exile, flog, immure, injure, lash, lecture, maltreat, misuse, oppress, paddle, reprove, scourge, spank, switch, train, whip, attend to, beat up, do in, give a going over, give the works, knock about, rap knuckles, rough up, slap wrist, teach a lesson, throw the book at