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punishment
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)
- The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
- A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
- A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
- (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
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nemesis
English
Etymology
From the Greek goddess of retribution Nemesis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?m?s?s/
Noun
nemesis (plural nemeses)
- (chiefly Canada, US) An archenemy
- (chiefly non-North American usage) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character.
- The principle of retributive justice.
- (usually in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided.
- The polar opposite of a character.
- A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.
Coordinate terms
- antagonist
- villain
- rival
- bane
- archenemy
- adversary
Derived terms
- archnemesis
- chocolate nemesis
- nemetic
Translations
Anagrams
- Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n?m?s??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n??m?s?is]
Noun
nemesis f (genitive nemesis or nemese?s or nemesios); third declension
- nemesis
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
- Italian: nemesi
- Swedish: nemesis
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