The action of punish, v.; punishment; an instance of this.

= punishment, n. 1.

The infliction of punishment in pursuance of a judicial sentence; an instance of this. (In legal use… gen. (but chiefly with reference to corporal…

The action of justifying a person; the result of this. spec. Condemnation; execution. Scottish. Obsolete.

The action of inflicting (pain, punishment, annoyance, etc.); in quot. 1616, the fact of being inflicted.

The action of taking judicial notice of offences and inflicting punishment. Now historical.

The action or process of penalizing a person or thing; the imposition of a penalty. Also attributive, as penalization clause, penalization policy.

The action of punishing or reprimanding a person; punishment; an instance of this. Cf. woodshed, n. 2a woodshed, v. 3.