Translations for „punishment“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

punishment [-mənt] N

1. punishment (punishing):

punishment

наказа́ние nt

2. punishment (penalty) LAW:

punishment

ме́ра f наказа́ния

3. punishment inf (severe treatment):

punishment

суро́вое обраще́ние nt

to take a lot of punishment inf

пережи́ть мно́гое

capital punishment N no pl

capital punishment

сме́ртная казнь f

capital punishment

вы́сшая ме́ра f наказа́ния

Usage examples with punishment

capital punishment

сме́ртная казнь f

to take a lot of punishment inf

пережи́ть мно́гое

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The markets are watching, waiting, and more than willing to exact condign punishment for lack of resolve.

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The term may also be applied to the punishment that is the consequence of transgression of the code of behaviour.

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One of his first acts as a school commissioner was to abolish corporal punishment.

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Ms. Lutyens, his admired art teacher, attempts to waylay the punishment and gets fired.

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But city executives mete out punishment for possession or distribution of liquor at city buildings.

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Inasmuch as the outlawing of corporal punishment limited other rights, such limitation was reasonable and justifiable in an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom.

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His defeat and the ensuing ruin were looked upon as a punishment for his sacrilege theft.

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The work had been assigned to him as a punishment for being a notorious latecomer.

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Here, he judges the sins of each dead soul and assigns it to its rightful punishment by indicating the circle to which it must descend.

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If the modern purpose of incarceration is not revenge but rehabilitation, then capital punishment is a disavowal of that purpose.

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