n. 25B6; noun
the punishment of the guilty : PENALIZING, punishing, disciplining; retribution; dated chastisement.
the teacher imposed punishments : PENALTY, penance, sanction, sentence, one's just deserts; discipline, correction, vengeance, justice, judgement; informal comeuppance.
both boxers took punishment : A BATTERING, a thrashing, a beating, a drubbing; informal a hiding.
ovens take continual punishment : MALTREATMENT, mistreatment, abuse, ill-use, manhandling; damage, harm.
punitive, penal.