Examples of 'punishment' in a sentence

Meaning of "punishment"

punishment (noun) - The act of punishing or imposing a penalty in response to wrongdoing or disobedience
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  • The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
  • A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
  • A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
  • Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.

How to use "punishment" in a sentence

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Escalating punishment will not bring security.
No one shall be subjected to degrading treatment or punishment.
Capital punishment and imprisonment for life.
Can not be greater punishment than this.
No physical punishment shall be employed as a correctional measure.
There is been enough punishment for one day.
Let the punishment of the senate be pronounced.
There is no explicit prohibition of corporal punishment in schools.
Corporal punishment is lawful in alternative care settings.
Prohibition of repeated trial or punishment of conscientious objectors.
Capital punishment was applied under common law.
Circumstances under which capital punishment is applied.
I guess our punishment is not completed yet.
Offenders are subject to criminal prosecution and punishment.
Prohibition of capital punishment and life imprisonment.

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The punishment is greater if the woman dies.
The maximum of the punishment will be doubled if.
Punishment of the men who injured him.
Prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings.
Punishment for abusing minors and depriving.
Suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid.
Protection of children from discrimination and punishment.
Corporal punishment in schools is explicitly prohibited by law.
You will take the punishment accordingly.
Corporal punishment is prohibited in penitentiaries and schools.
Grounding you is not just about punishment.
And the punishment must not be light.
It therefore becomes cruel and unusual punishment.
No physical punishment shall be employed as a corrective measure.
This crime deserves only one punishment.
Is this the punishment for leaving you.
This poses the problem of appropriate punishment.
Corporal punishment was lawful in alternative care settings.
The continued practice of corporal punishment in schools.
Marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries.
Explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in all settings.
Current punishment for acts involving torture.
A criminal like this deserves capital punishment.
I am ready for any punishment she hands to me.
The punishment is proscribed within these pages.
The pain was his punishment for surviving.
The punishment shall match the crime.
Assist others guilty of an offence to escape punishment.
This is my punishment for allowing you to deceive me.
Torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
But this punishment will have to follow.
Questions relating to sentences imposing corporal punishment.
You took your punishment like a man.
The punishment was proportionate to the crime committed.
You know the punishment for that.

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