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

plural of punishment

plural of punisher

One who punishes.

The characteristic of being punishable; the ability to be punished.

In a punishable manner; in a manner that merits punishment.

plural of punishability

simple past tense and past participle of punish

That has been the object of punishment.

(transitive) To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action. / (transitive, figuratively) To treat harshly and unfairly.