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noun penalty- abuse
- beating
- discipline
- forfeiture
- retribution
- sanction
- suffering
- torture
- trial
- amercement
- castigation
- chastening
- chastisement
- comeuppance
- confiscation
- correction
- deprivation
- forfeit
- gallows
- infliction
- lumps
- maltreatment
- mortification
- mulct
- ostracism
- pain
- penance
- proof
- purgatory
- reparation
- rod
- sequestration
- unhappiness
- victimization
- disciplinary action
- hard work
- just desserts
- punitive measures
- rough treatment
- short shrift
- slave labor
- what for
Antonyms for what for
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
punishments
noun. penalty
- abuse
- amercement
- beating
- castigation
- chastening
- chastisement
- comeuppance
- confiscation
- correction
- deprivation
- disciplinary action
- discipline
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- gallows
- hard work
- infliction
- just desserts
- lumps
- maltreatment
- mortification
- mulct
- ostracism
- pain
- penance
- proof
- punitive measures
- purgatory
- reparation
- retribution
- rod
- rough treatment
- sanction
- sequestration
- short shrift
- slave labor
- suffering
- torture
- trial
- unhappiness
- victimization
- what for
reprimand
noun. oral punishment
reprimands
noun. oral punishment
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.