"Punish" is a word in ENGLISH
To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or
suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the
offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten;
as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for
willful disobedience.
To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender;
to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish
murder or treason with death.
How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, arm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.
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An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
Read the complete definitionAn absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
Read the complete definitionTo free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
Read the complete definitionTo farm. Derived from an old Saxon word denoting rent Ad flrmam noctis was a fine or penalty equal in …
Read the complete definitionThe act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
Read the complete definitionTo charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to …
Read the complete definitionThe fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
Read the complete definitionTo assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.
Read the complete definitionPersons who, in court-leets, upon oath, settle and moderate tbe fines and amercements imposed on those who have committed offenses …
Read the complete definitionTo make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.
Read the complete definitionA solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is …
Read the complete definitionIn Saxon law. Free from penalty, not subject to the payment of gild, or weregild; that Is, the customary fine …
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. A penalty imposed upon a person by way of disgrace or infamy, as a punish-ment for …
Read the complete definitionTo punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion …
Read the complete definitionTo impose an amercement or fine; to punish by a fine or penalty
Read the complete definitionThe infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs …
Read the complete definitionA pecuniary penalty, in the nature of a fine, imposed upon a person for some fault or misconduct, he being …
Read the complete definitionTo attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to …
Read the complete definitionIn Saxon law. A penalty for a wrong done by oue iu the king’s lattice. The offender was to replace …
Read the complete definitionA pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a …
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