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Etymology edit

From Latin punitio: compare French punition. See punish.

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punition (countable and uncountable, plural punitions)

  1. (obsolete) punishment
    • 1559, “Tresilian”, in George Ferrers, editor, The Mirror for Magistrates:
      Yee judges vpon earth, let our iuste punitions
      Teach you to shake off bribes, and kepe your handes pure.
    • 1845, The English Review, volume 4, page 145:
      The corrections of the scholars consist of penitences and punitions; the former are, keeping a boy standing, or on his knees, or in an ignominious place; the latter are pensums (i. e. impositions), or, rarely, the use of a leather thong on the hand.

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French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pūnītiōnem (punishment).

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  • IPA(key): /py.ni.sjɔ̃/
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Noun edit

punition f (plural punitions)

  1. punishment
  2. (sports) penalty

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punition f (plural punitions)

  1. punishment