different between forbidden vs punishment

English

Etymology

From to forbid.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??b?d?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??b?d?n/
• Rhymes: -?d?n

Adjective

forbidden (comparative more forbidden, superlative most forbidden)

1. Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

   Synonyms: prohibited, verboten, proscribed

   • 1999, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind, page 276

     This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.

Translations

See also

• taboo

Verb

forbidden

1. past participle of forbid

English

Etymology

From Middle English punishement, punyschment, punyschement, ponyshemente, from Old French punissement, from punir (“to punish”), synchronically equivalent to punish +? -ment. Compare the English nouns punishing and punition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: pun?ish?ment

Noun

punishment (countable and uncountable, plural punishments)

1. The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.

2. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.

3. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
4. (figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling

Synonyms

• castigation
• punition
• beating

Antonyms

• reward

Hyponyms

• retribution
• corporal punishment
• mirror punishment

Derived terms

• brute for punishment

Related terms

• punishable
• punisher
• punishing
• punitive
• impunity

Translations

See also

• telishment

Anagrams

• unshipment