名词

1. 处罚；惩罚
Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished.

2. 处罚（或惩罚）方式
A punishment is a particular way of punishing someone.

3. 粗暴对待；虐待；糟蹋
You can use punishment to refer to severe physical treatment of any kind.

4. see also: capital punishment;corporal punishment

1. the act of punishing

Synonym: penaltypenalizationpenalisation