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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to punish:   (155 results)

Antonyms:
reward

Often used in the same context:
penalize, retaliate, prosecute, condemn, victimize, embarrass, chastise, humiliate, vilify, intimidate, persecute, criticize, imprison, expel, ostracise, antagonize, admonish, absolve, mistreat, deter, deprive, impose, castigate, restrain, demonize, sanction, discourage, coddle, forgive, crucify, scold, condone, cheat, chasten, compensate, apologize, curtail, disciplining, indict, terrorize, exonerate, oppress, ostracize, flout, clamp, reprove, exculpate, rein, criminalize, frustrate, accuse, inculpate, instigate, coerce, mete, brutalize, atone, restrict, disobey, berate, harass, lambast, thwart, fining, nullify, compel, enforce, demoralize, shamed, dissuade, blame, mollycoddle, stifle, deny, repress, misbehave, toughen, legislate, tolerate, pressurize, denounce, blackball, disempower, embitter, undermine, malign, legitimatize, rebuked, brutalise, spank, apprehend, disserve, discredit, destabilize, censuring, denigrate, marginalize, chide, moralize, subvert, debar, kill, abusing, deserving, intoxicated, nonaggressive, risk, uncooperative, underage, willful, addicted, antisocial, blameworthy, borderline, cleverest, disordered, exiled, flagrant, frustrated, heinous, incompetent, incorrigible

More specific:
amerce, avenge, correct, debar, discipline, pillory, retaliate, revenge, scourge, sort out, suspend, victimize

Appears in the definition of:
., amerce, correct, discipline, ferule, instrument of punishment, in loco parentis, municipal, pillory, scourge, sort out, tazir crime, victimise, victimize

More general:
approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge

Synonyms:
penalize

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— Nouns for punish: infringement, criminals reward, people, employers, disobedience, persons, students, officers, failure, violations, more...

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