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teach someone a lesson
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make an example of
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punny
have someone's hide
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deterrent example
amerce
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diversion
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medicine
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vicarious punishment
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composition of a felony
hangman
put down
pseudo-discipline
victimize
beheading
punitorily
intern
and your little dog too
punished
punitively
death warrant
penally
headsman
decapitation
green light
punity
kill someone dead
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punishee
death penalty
capital punishment
put someone on ice
depenalize
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bring to book
give someone what for
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deterrent example
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noun
- A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- A corset.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A prop; a support.
- A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
adv
verb
- To live; reside
- To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To continue to have a particular quality.
- To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To hold the attention of.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- To tack; put on the other tack.
adj
verb
noun
adj
- For the purpose of imposing punishment.
- Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
- We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author.
- Of or relating to an academic field of study.
noun
verb
noun
- A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
- Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
- The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
- The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
- The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
- The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
- A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
- A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
- The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
verb
- To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
- To play slap bass on (an instrument).
- To be excellent.
- To cause something to strike soundly.
- To strike soundly against something.
- To place, to put carelessly.
- To give a slap to.
noun
- The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
- An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
- Makeup; cosmetics.
- A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
- A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
adv
noun
- Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program.
- A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
- A detour, such as during road construction.
- The act of diverting.
- Removal of water via a canal.
- The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.
- A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
verb
- To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- To impose order on someone.
- To train someone by instruction and practice.
- To teach someone to obey authority.
noun
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
- An enforced compliance or control.
- A whip used for self-flagellation.
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
verb
- To execute someone extrajudicially.
- To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
noun
- A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between people not in a sexual relationship, that usually does not lead to the establishment of a relationship, and may or may not happen again. A sexual encounter could be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is a sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- A match between two opposing sides.
- An extrajudicial killing or execution.
verb
- To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
- To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence.
noun
- A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation.
- The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
- A formula with no free variables.
noun
- punishment for one's actions
- the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
- (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
verb
verb
- inflict as a punishment
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- be the cause or source of
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- convey or reveal information
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- organize or be responsible for
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- give as a present; make a gift of
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- dedicate
- give or supply
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- bring about
- leave with; give temporarily
- emit or utter
- endure the loss of
- place into the hands or custody of
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- give (as medicine)
- give or convey physically
- bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- execute and deliver
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- afford access to
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- propose
- accord by verdict
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- allow to have or take
- occur
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- proffer (a body part)
noun
noun
- punishment for one's actions
- an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
- any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
- musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
- (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
noun
- Penalty.
- Penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.
- The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
- An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
- A female swan.
- A writer, or their style.
- The bullpen.
- Marks of ink left by a pen.
- A light pen.
- A wing.
- A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
verb
adj
- warranting only temporal punishment
- of the younger of two boys with the same family name
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
noun
adj
- of lesser importance or stature or rank
- lesser in scope or effect
- inferior in number or size or amount
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
- not of legal age
- of lesser seriousness or danger
- of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
verb
verb
- To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- To obtain.
- To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- See have to.
- To defeat in a fight; take.
- To accept as a romantic partner.
- To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
- Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- To cause to be.
- To be able to speak (a language).
- To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- To trick, to deceive.
- To experience, go through, undergo.
- To allow; to tolerate.
- To depict as being.
- To make an observation of (a bird species).
- To possess, own.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- To give birth to.
noun
verb
- To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
- To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
- To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
- To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
- To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
- To change by fine gradations.
- To pay a fine.
adj
- Of superior quality.
- Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
- Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
- Made of slender or thin filaments.
- Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
- An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
- Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
- Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
- Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
- Good-looking, attractive.
- Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
- Sunny and not raining.
- Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
- Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
adv
- Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
- In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
- Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.
noun
- Something that is fine; fine particles.
- A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
- A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
- The end of a musical composition.
- A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
- A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
- Fine champagne; French brandy.
- The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
verb
- To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- To float, as if suspended.
- To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- To be or remain suspended.
- To veer in one direction.
- To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- To be vulnerable to capture.
- To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (used in maledictions) To damn.
- To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
noun
- A mass of hanging material.
- A slackening of motion.
- A grip, understanding.
- He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations.
- A hangout.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- The way in which something hangs.
adj
- Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.
- Of prime importance.
- Of or relating to the head.
- used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness
- Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
- Uppercase.
noun
- A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
- Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
- The most important city in the field specified.
- An uppercase letter.
- The uppermost part of a column.
- Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
- The chief or most important thing.
verb
- To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).
- To make the score of a game equal.
- To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- To speak honestly and openly with.
- To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- To progress to the next level.
- To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
noun
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- A school grade or year.
- Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- Degree or amount.
- A numeric value that quantifies a character, ability, or item's experience and power.
- An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
adj
- In the same position or rank.
- Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Calm.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
noun
- Execution (in the judicial sense).
- The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
- Spiritual lifelessness.
- The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. The pronoun he is not the only option, but probably the most traditional one, as it matches with the male grammatical gender of Old English dēaþ, also with cognate German der Tod. The fourth apocalyptic rider (Bible, revelations 6:8) is male θᾰ́νᾰτος (thanatos) in Greek. It has the female name Mors in Latin, but is referred to with male forms qui and eum. The following quotes show this rider on a pale horse is his in the English Bible and she in Peter Gabriel's lyrics.
- A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
- The collapse or end of something.
verb
- To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
- To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- To euthanize (an animal).
- To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- To pay.
- To terminate a call; to hang up.
- To give something as a reason for something else.
- To add a name to a list.
- To insult, belittle, or demean.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- To land.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
- To write (something).
- To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
verb
- To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
- To work as an intern. Usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
- To internalize.
- To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
noun
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