punishment (n)
penalty (n)
penalization (n)
penalisation (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def the act of punishing
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Hypernym social control
Derivationally related form penalisation → penalise
Derivationally related form penalization → penalize
Derivationally related form penalty → penalise
Derivationally related form punishment → punish
Hyponym castigation, chastisement; corporal punishment; cruel and unusual punishment; detention; discipline, correction; economic strangulation; imprisonment; music, medicine; self-punishment; stick; penance, self-mortification, self-abasement
Incoming links
Pertainym (pertains to noun) penal → punishment
Hyponym social control
Hypernym castigation, chastisement; corporal punishment; cruel and unusual punishment; detention; discipline, correction; economic strangulation; imprisonment; music, medicine; self-punishment; stick; penance, self-mortification, self-abasement
Derivationally related form penalise → penalisation
Derivationally related form penalise → penalty
Derivationally related form penalize → penalization
Derivationally related form punish → punishment

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