10 Letter Words for Punishment
punishment, unshipment
9 Letter Words for Punishment
neptunism
8 Letter Words for Punishment
humpiest, humpties, huntsmen, numpties, punniest, puntsmen, shipment, tumphies, unnethis
7 Letter Words for Punishment
emptins, humites, humpens, humpies, impetus, imputes, inhumes, minuets, minunet, minutes, mistune, munites, muntins, mutines, nunship, piments, pinetum, pinnets, puniest, punnets, punties, shipmen, spinnet, sunnite, tenpins, tinsmen, tumshie, tunnies, unshent, unspent, upsmite, uptimes
6 Letter Words for Punishment
enmist, ennuis, hemins, henism, humite, humpen, humpie, impent, impest, impune, impute, ineunt, inhume, inmesh, innest, inpush, inputs, instep, insume, intens, intune, intuse, ithunn, meiths, mentis, minuet, minute, mispen, misput, munite, munshi, muntin, mutine, nentsi, nepits, ninths, numine, nuptse, pennis, pensum, phenin, piment, pineus, pinnet, pithes, pitmen, puisne, pumies, punish, punnet, senium, sennit, sepium, septum, shinne, sinnet, sithen, smeuth, snithe, spinet, stuphe, sumpit, supine, tempus, tennis, tenpin, tenuis, theins, theism, themis, thumps, tinmen, tipmen, tunish, tupmen, tushie, unempt, unhent, unites, unmesh, unmeth, unmist, unnest, unneth, unpens, unpent, unpins, unsent, unship, unspin, unspit, unstep, unties, untime, untine, untins, upsent, upstem, upties, uptime
5 Letter Words for Punishment
emits, ennui, entsi, epist, eshin, etuis, heist, hemin, hemps, hents, hiems, himne, hints, hsien, huies, humet, humin, humit, humps, hunts, impen, imput, inept, innet, input, insep, inset, insue, intue, inust, isthm, items, meins, meint, meith, mensh, menus, meths, metis, metus, meuni, miens, mines, mints, minus, mites, muist, munis, munts, muset, musie, musit, musth, mutes, mutis, neist, nemns, nempt, nepit, neums, nines, ninth, nintu, ninut, numen, numis, numps, penis, penni, pents, petum, phies, phuts, piest, piets, pines, pinte, pints, pinus, pishu, piste, pisum, piths, piums, piute, pneum, puist, pumie, punti, punts, semih, senit, senti, setup, shent, shine, shipt, shtum, shtup, shune, shunt, shute, sient, sieth, sithe, smeth, smite, smith, snipe, snite, spent, spine, spite, spume, spute, stein, stime, stine, stipe, stump, stupe, suent, suine, suint, suite, sumen, sumph, sumpt, sunni, temin, temps, tennu, thein, thens, thine, thins, thisn, thump, tiens, times, timps, tines, tsine, tuism, tumps, tunes, tunis, umest, umist, umphs, umset, uneth, unhip, unhit, unism, unist, unite, units, unmet, unnet, unpen, unpin, unset, unsin, untie, untin, upset, upsit, uptie, usent, usine, usnin
4 Letter Words for Punishment
emit, empt, emus, epit, eths, etui, hemp, hems, hens, hent, heps, hept, hesp, hest, hets, hies, himp, hims, hine, hins, hint, hipe, hips, hipt, hisn, hist, hits, hues, huis, hump, hums, huns, hunt, hups, huse, hust, huts, imps, inne, inns, insp, inst, ipse, isnt, isth, item, mein, mens, ment, menu, mesh, mest, meth, mets, meus, mien, mine, mins, mint, mips, mist, mite, muni, muns, munt, muse, mush, must, mute, muth, muti, muts, nein, nemn, neps, nesh, nest, neth, neti, nets, neum, neut, nies, nims, nine, nips, nist, nits, nump, nuns, nuts, pehs, peni, pens, pent, pest, pets, phis, phit, phut, pien, pies, piet, pine, pins, pint, pise, pish, pist, pith, pits, pium, pius, ptui, puns, punt, push, puts, seit, semi, sent, sepn, sept, seth, shem, shet, shim, shin, ship, shit, shpt, shun, shut, sien, sime, simp, sine, sinh, sipe, site, sith, situ, sium, smut, snip, snit, snum, snup, spet, spie, spin, spit, spue, spun, sput, stem, sten, step, stie, stim, stue, stum, stun, suet, suit, sumi, sump, sune, suni, sunn, sunt, supe, supt, temp, tems, tens, them, then, thin, this, thus, tien, ties, time, tine, tins, tipe, tips, tipu, tshi, tsun, tues, tuis, tume, tump, tums, tune, tuns, tupi, tups, tush, umph, umps, unie, unis, unit, utes, utis
3 Letter Words for Punishment
ehs, emp, ems, emu, ens, epi, esm, esp, est, esu, eth, hei, hem, hen, hep, hes, het, hie, him, hin, hip, his, hit, hts, hue, hui, hum, hun, hup, hut, ihp, ihs, imp, imu, inn, ins, int, iph, ipm, ips, ise, ish, ism, isn, ist, its, meh, mei, men, mes, met, meu, min, mis, mit, mph, msh, mst, mtn, mts, mun, mus, mut, nei, nep, net, nie, nim, nip, nis, nit, nne, nth, num, nun, nus, nut, peh, pen, pes, pet, phi, pht, phu, pie, pin, pis, pit, piu, pms, pmt, psi, pst, pte, pts, puh, pun, pus, put, sei, sem, sen, sep, set, she, shi, shp, sht, sie, sim, sin, sip, sit, spt, stm, sue, sui, sum, sun, sup, tem, ten, tes, the, thm, tie, tim, tin, tip, tis, tiu, tmh, tph, tpi, tpm, tps, tsh, tsi, tsp, tue, tui, tum, tun, tup, uhs, uit, ume, ump, ums, unh, uni, unn, unp, uns, ups, use, ush, ust, ute, uti, uts
Definitions for Punishment
[1] the act of punishing.
[2] the fact of being punished, as for an offense or fault.
[3] a penalty inflicted for an offense, fault, etc.
[4] severe handling or treatment.
[5] a penalty or sanction given for any crime or offence
[6] the act of punishing or state of being punished
[7] informal rough treatment
[8] psychol any aversive stimulus administered to an organism as part of training
Words related to Punishment
retribution, discipline, forfeiture, torture, trial, suffering, abuse, sanction, beating, penance, forfeit, rod, sequestration, ostracism, purgatory, mortification, unhappiness, comeuppance, victimization, castigation
Words nearby Punishment
punic, punic wars, punish, punishable, punishing, punishment, punition, punitive, punitive damages, punjab, punjab states
Origin of Punishment
1250–1300; Middle English punysshement < Anglo-French punisement, Old French punissement. See punish, -ment
Other words from Punishment
non·pun·ish·ment , noun
o·ver·pun·ish·ment , noun
pre·pun·ish·ment , noun
pro·pun·ish·ment , adjective
re·pun·ish·ment , noun
self-pun·ish·ment , noun
Synonyms for Punishment
abuse, beating, discipline, forfeiture, retribution, sanction, suffering, torture, trial, amercement, castigation, chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, confiscation, correction, deprivation, forfeit, gallows, infliction, lumps, maltreatment, mortification, mulct, ostracism, pain, penance, proof, purgatory, reparation, rod, sequestration, unhappiness, victimization, disciplinary action, hard work, just desserts, punitive measures, rough treatment, short shrift, slave labor, what for