Synonym: castigate, chastise, correct, discipline, penalize. Antonym: forgive. Similar words: vanish, Spanish, finish up, diminish, finish with, punch, unit, unite. Meaning: ['pʌnɪʃ] v. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on.
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(91) It may seem harsh to punish him, but he has to learn that this kind of behaviour is unacceptable.
(92) Thorn threatened after the Van Exel incident to severely punish the next player who made physical contact with a referee.
(93) The purpose of the civil law is to compensate; it is the function of the criminal law to punish.
(94) All those products could face tariffs if Washington decided to punish the two countries.
(95) The teacher was told by the researcher to regard silence as a wrong answer and to punish it accordingly.
(96) But the estate also is asking for punitive damages, designed to punish Simpson for his conduct.
(97) It is morally wrong to punish someone for something they did not do.
(98) It follows that it is wrong to convict and punish some one who has done nothing morally wrong.
(99) They sometimes seem more concerned to punish those whose products end up on rubbish heaps than to encourage sensible behaviour.
(100) Since society does not generally punish people for their illnesses, it followed that society should not persecute gays.
(101) We don't punish people for crimes if they are insane, because we have decided that they can't help it.
(102) Punish Heidi's picture had been plastered all over the front page of a paper in Sri Lanka.
(103) The cap seeks to limit the damages imposed to punish a defendant found to have acted with malice.
(104) They established a three-tier court system which had exclusive authority to punish crime.sentencedict.com
(105) Normally, they punish the presumptive nominee in the late primaries.
(106) Billy was afraid his aunt would punish him if he owned up.
(107) Insurance companies pay most punitive damages because they themselves are the defendants that juries are most likely to punish substantially.
(108) If I ask God to punish my enemy with vengeful prayers,then He is fair to allow the enemy to do the same for me. Toba Beta
(109) The U.S. threatened to take away trading privileges as a way to punish the country for human rights violations.
(110) By releasing it into the world, he relieved himself and taunted the fates to punish him.
(111) She wanted no part of some one trying to punish her husband for something she obviously regarded as between him and her.
(112) But not even Barnes could break down a Springbok side able to absorb the most intense pressure and punish every error.
(113) These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was.
(114) They came to this swampland and found a team to punish,[sentencedict.com] those hapless New York Jets.
(115) I am not trying to punish you for what Steve did to Maria Luisa.
(116) Do not attempt to punish yourself for not making adequate progress.
(117) Because tonight he would punish Detective Lieutenant Curtis for daring to offend him.
(118) Kelly Flinn, starred in a political and military soap opera last May while the military decided how to punish her.
(119) Do not punish yourself by wasting your time. Do not undermine yourself by surrendering to your negative habits. Dr T.P.Chia
(120) Not only do we punish those who get off welfare, we require little of those who stay on.