English > punish: 1 sense > verb 1, social| Meaning | impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Example | "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" |
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| Synonyms | penalize, penalise |
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| Entails | estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) |
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| Entailed by | suspend, debar | bar temporarily |
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| Narrower | amerce | punish with an arbitrary penalty |
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| castigate | inflict severe punishment on |
| discipline, correct, sort out | punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience |
| execute, put to death | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment |
| pillory | punish by putting in a pillory |
| revenge, avenge, retaliate | Take revenge for a perceived wrong |
| scourge | punish severely |
| tar-and-feather | smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers |
| victimize, victimise | punish unjustly |
| Spanish | castigar, penalizar, punir |
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| Catalan | castigar, penalitzar, punir |
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| Adjectives | punitive, punitory | inflicting punishment |
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| Participle | punishing | resulting in punishment |
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| Nouns | punishment | the act of punishing |
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