PUNISH

verb see: pain Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation, to inflict a penalty for the commission of (an offense) in retribution or retaliation, 2. to deal with roughly or harshly, to inflict injury on ; hurt , intransitive verb to inflict ~ment, ~ability noun ~able adjective ~er noun Synonyms: see: ~