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punish | unpunishable |

As a verb punish

is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.

As an adjective unpunishable is

not punishable; unable to be punished.

punish

English

Verb

(es)
  • To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
  • To cause great harm to. (a punishing blow )
  • To dumb down severely or to the point of uselessness or near-uselessness.

    • Synonyms

    * (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct ) castigate

    Derived terms

    * punishable * punisher (noun ) * punishment (noun ) * (l) and (l) (through portmanteau with (etyl) )

    Related terms

    * pain

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    unpunishable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not punishable; unable to be punished.
  • * 2006 , Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Why Arendt matters
    • If she had claimed that offenders were unpunishable she would, of course, have come into conflict with the provisions of most modern legal codes...