Remonstrance vs Punishment - What's the difference?
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A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, protest or objection.
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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
Remonstrance is a related term of punishment.
As nouns the difference between remonstrance and punishment
is that remonstrance is a remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, protest or objection while punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.remonstrance
English
Noun
(en noun)- Fred's voice had taken a tone of grumbling remonstrance .
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
China: A new postmortem on Tiananmen," , 15 March:
- In the past, emperors based their right to rule mostly on heredity and so could listen to remonstrance from below without necessarily feeling that legitimacy was at stake.
punishment
English
Noun
(en noun)- a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment