punition
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin punitio: compare French punition. See punish.
Noun
editpunition (countable and uncountable, plural punitions)
- (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.
Related terms
edit- penal, also read Penal code on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- punishment
- punitive
- punitively
- impunity
- punitive damages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
edit- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “punition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Latin pūnītiōnem (“punishment”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpunition f (plural punitions)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “punition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editNoun
editpunition f (plural punitions)
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