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A form of punishment that reflects the nature of the transgression that it punishes.

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mirror punishment

Source Word

mirror punishment

countable uncountable

A form of punishment that reflects the nature of the transgression that it punishes.

Japanese Meaning

違反や罪の性質を反映し、その内容に見合った懲罰を指す。 / 犯した行為の特性に応じた報いとしての刑罰、すなわち罪状の性質をそのまま反映する形の処罰。

The committee proposed mirror punishment as a way to make offenders confront the real consequences of their actions.

委員会は、加害者が自分の行為の現実的な結果と向き合うようにする手段として、違反の性質を反映した罰を提案した。

Sense（1）

A form of punishment that reflects the nature of the transgression that it punishes.

Mirror punishments are often justified by the Biblical phrase 'an eye for an eye'.

mirror punishments

（ plural ）