Dictionary Entry
punishment
punishment is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of punishing. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of punishing.
- 2noun
Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense.
- 3noun
A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.
- 4noun
the act of punishing
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