punishment
English
Noun
(
en noun)
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
(figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling
- a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment
Synonyms
* castigation
* punition
* beating
Antonyms
* reward
Hyponyms
* retribution
Derived terms
* corporal punishment
* mirror punishment
* (l)
Related terms
* punishable
* punisher
* punishing
* punitive
* impunity
perference
Not English
Perference has no English definition. It may be misspelled.
English words similar to 'perference':
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performance,
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pyrophore,
paraphrase,
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purpurate,
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perfricate,
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perversive,
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perforative,
preferist,
porphyrite,
porphyrize,
preopercle,
prepregnant,
preprobate
