Thesaurus / punishment
FEEDBACKHow to use punishment in a sentence
Me being a goofball got me out of being on punishment with my mom.
SITCOM QUEEN TICHINA ARNOLD GOT FUNNY TO AVOID SPANKINGSPALLABI MUNSISEPTEMBER 10, 2020OZYIf indeed Barrios earned a percentage of the company’s profits, or continues to, and did not disclose it when he worked for Gómez, he could be open to additional punishment.
BARRIOS DIDN’T DISCLOSE INCOME HE MADE BEFORE TAKING CITY HALL JOBANDREW KEATTS AND JESSE MARXAUGUST 31, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIn accepting Giannulli’s plea deal, Gorton said the prison terms are “sufficient but not greater than necessary punishment under the circumstances.”
LORI LOUGHLIN GETS TWO MONTHS IN PRISON AFTER JUDGE ACCEPTS PLEA DEAL IN COLLEGE BRIBERY SCANDALRADMARYAAUGUST 21, 2020FORTUNEThe approach could only have led to punishment of outstanding outliers in favor of a consistent average.
THE UK EXAM DEBACLE REMINDS US THAT ALGORITHMS CAN’T FIX BROKEN SYSTEMSKAREN HAOAUGUST 20, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWOstensibly, they were added as punishment for facilitating shocking human rights abuses against Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang.
COVID-19 AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF AMERICAN DECLINEKATIE MCLEANAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWAfter the region suffered billions of dollars’ worth of economic losses because of the August blackout, it was hard for locals to see the government’s actions as anything but a collective punishment.
HOW INDIA BECAME THE WORLD’S LEADER IN INTERNET SHUTDOWNSKATIE MCLEANAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThe AI moves square to square and earns points or punishments as it encounters objects.
DEEPMIND’S NEWEST AI PROGRAMS ITSELF TO MAKE ALL THE RIGHT DECISIONSJASON DORRIERJULY 26, 2020SINGULARITY HUB The fact that the day following the punishment parade was a Sunday brought about a certain relaxation from discipline.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThese evidences of an impulse to look on correction as a quite proper thing are corroborated by stories of self-punishment.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYBut once Austria was disposed of, Prussia and Russia met their punishment for having given her secret or open aid.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWORDS RELATED TO PUNISHMENT
- admonishment
- admonition
- affliction
- bawling-out
- berating
- blame
- castigation
- censure
- chewing-out
- chiding
- comeuppance
- condemnation
- correction
- disapproval
- dressing-down
- earful
- expostulation
- going-over
- hard time
- kick in the teeth
- lecture
- lesson
- objurgation
- ostracism
- punishment
- put down
- rap
- rating
- rebuff
- refusal
- remonstrance
- reprehension
- reproach
- reproof
- reproval
- repulse
- row
- scolding
- slap in the face
- snub
- talking-to
- telling-off
- tongue-lashing
- upbraiding
- accolade
- award
- benefit
- bonus
- bounty
- carrot
- comeuppance
- compensation
- crown
- cue
- dividend
- feather in cap
- fringe benefit
- gain
- garland
- goodies
- gravy
- grease
- guerdon
- honor
- just deserts
- meed
- merit
- perks
- plum
- premium
- profit
- punishment
- recompense
- remuneration
- repayment
- requital
- retribution
- return
- salve
- strokes
- sweetener
- tip
- wages
- accolades
- awards
- benefits
- bonuses
- bounties
- carrots
- comeuppances
- compensations
- crowns
- cues
- dividends
- feather in caps
- fringe benefits
- gains
- garlands
- goodies
- gravies
- grease
- guerdons
- honors
- just deserts
- meeds
- merits
- perks
- plums
- premiums
- profits
- punishments
- recompense
- remunerations
- repayments
- requitals
- retribution
- returns
- salves
- strokes
- sweeteners
- tips
- wages
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