Usually means: Consequence for violating rules or norms.
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We found 49 dictionaries that define the word punishment:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. punishment: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. punishment: Merriam-Webster
  3. punishment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. punishment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. punishment: Collins English Dictionary
  6. punishment: Vocabulary.com
  7. Punishment, punishment: Wordnik
  8. punishment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. punishment: Wiktionary
  10. punishment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. punishment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. punishment: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Punishment, punishment: Dictionary.com
  14. punishment: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Punishment (TV series), Punishment (disambiguation), Punishment (poem), Punishment (psychology), Punishment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Punishment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. punishment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. punishment: Rhymezone
  19. punishment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. punishment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. punishment: FreeDictionary.org
  22. punishment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. punishment: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. punishment: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. punishment: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. Punishment: Eastern Philosophy

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. punishment: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. punishment: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. punishment: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punishment: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. punishment: Medical dictionary
  4. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. punishment: Idioms
  4. punishment: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  5. Punishment: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Punishment: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. punishment: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. PUNISHMENT, punishment: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.
noun:  A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
noun:  A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution.
noun:  (figuratively) Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.

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