punishment

Definition:
An act or a way of punishing somebody.
Rough treatment.

Use 'punishment' in a sentence:

• 1. That cost is not difficult to justify where capital punishment is the penalty for first-degree murder.
• 2. During that time there have been repeated attempts to reintroduce capital punishment.
• 3. Capital punishment is allowable only under exceptional circumstances.
• 4. One of the uses of capital punishment is to deter other criminals from committing more crimes.
• 5. They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent.
• 6. The case of Harris has sharpened the debate over capital punishment.
• 7. Severe punishments must be meted out and if necessary capital punishment will be needed.
• 8. He could have been sentenced to death, but his prosecutors didn't seek capital punishment.
• 9. Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
• 10. Don't expect these types of boot to take the punishment that gardening will give them.
• 11. The carpet by the door takes the most punishment.
• 12. He was sent to his room as a punishment.
• 13. The punishment should fit the crime.
• 14. There is little evidence that harsher punishments deter any better than more lenient ones.
• 15. What is the punishment for murder?
• 16. The student was given punishment for doing something wrong.