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处罚,刑罚,惩罚

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Punishment \Pun"ish*ment\, n.
   Severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. [Colloq. or Slang]

Punishment \Pun"ish*ment\, n.
   1. The act of punishing.

   2. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because
      of a crime or offense.

            I never gave them condign punishment. --Shak.

            The rewards and punishments of another life.
                                                  --Locke.

   3. (Law) 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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

punishment
     n : the act of punishing [syn: {penalty}, {penalization}, {penalisation}]