| Main Entry: | penalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punish |
Synonyms: |
amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, condemn, correct, discipline, dock*, fine, handicap, hit with, impose penalty, inflict handicap, judge, mulct, put at disadvantage, scold, slap with, throw the book at |
Antonyms: |
excuse, forgive, pardon, reward |
| Main Entry: | castigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize severely |
Synonyms: |
baste, bawl out, beat, berate, blister, cane, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out, come down on, correct, criticize, discipline, drag over the coals, dress down, drub, excoriate, flay, flog, jump down one's throat, lambaste, lash, lay out, lean on, penalize, pummel, punish, rail, rate, read the riot act, ream, rebuke, reprimand, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, thrash, tongue-lash, upbraid, whip |
Antonyms: |
compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | chasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, humiliate |
Synonyms: |
abase, admonish, afflict, berate, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, cow, curb, discipline, exprobate, fulminate against, have on the carpet, humble, objurgate, penalize, punish, rake over the coals, rebuke, reprehend, repress, reprimand, reproach, reprove, restrain, scold, scourge, soften, subdue, take to task, tame, tongue-lash, try, upbraid |
| Notes: | chasten means to correct by punishment, to take to task - to restrain or subdue; chastise means to punish, as by beating or to criticize severely |
Antonyms: |
aid, animate, assist, boost, cheer, comfort, embolden, encourage, help, honor, uplift |
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discipline, chastise |
Synonyms: |
administer, admonish, castigate, chasten, chide, penalize, punish, reprimand, reprove |
Antonyms: |
be permissive, coddle, indulge, pamper, pet, spoil |
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
Synonyms: |
abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, cast out, castigate, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, thunder against |
Antonyms: |
bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
| Main Entry: | scourge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, punish, often physically |
Synonyms: |
afflict, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, curse, discipline, excoriate, flail, flog, harass, hit, horsewhip, lambaste*, lash, penalize, plague, scathe, scorch*, tan*, terrorize, thrash, torment, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
Antonyms: |
guard, protect |
| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide punishment |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, adjudicate, blame, condemn, confine, convict, damn, denounce, devote, doom, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, judge, mete out, ordain, pass judgment, penalize, proscribe, punish, put away, put on ice, railroad, rule, send to prison, send up the river, settle, take the fall, throw the book at |
Antonyms: |
accuse, blame, charge |
| Main Entry: | mulct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
Synonyms: |
balk, deceive, defraud, fine, fleece, forfeit, penalize, punish, rook, steal, swindle |
| Concept: | [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
scourge, rod, cane, stick; ratan, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok; rod in pickle; switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon., whip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout; cat, cat o'nine tails; rope's end., pillory, stocks, whipping post; cucking stool, ducking stool; brank; trebuchet, trebuket., triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel., treadmill, crank, galleys., scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring; death chair, electric chair; mecate., house of correction (prison)., goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner; lyncher; hangman; headsman; Jack Ketch.
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