| Main Entry: | convict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find guilty |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, attaint, bring to justice, condemn, declare guilty, doom, frame, imprison, pass sentence on, pronounce guilty, put away, put the screws to, rap, send up the river, send up, sentence, throw the book at |
Antonyms: |
exonerate, free, liberate, release |
| Main Entry: | impugn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, challenge |
Synonyms: |
assail, attack, blast, break, call into question, cast aspersions upon, cast doubt upon, come down on, contradict, contravene, cross, cut to shreds, deny, disaffirm, dispute, gainsay, knock*, negate, negative, oppose, pin something on, put down*, question, resist, run down, skin alive, slam*, smear, stick it to, swipe at, tar, throw doubt on, throw the book at, thumb nose at, traduce, trash, traverse, zap, zing |
| Notes: | to impugn is to dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of; to oppugn is to dispute the truth or validity of, to strive against |
Antonyms: |
flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incarcerate |
Synonyms: |
bastille, book, cage, can*, confine, constrain, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, lock up, prison, put away, put behind bars, put on ice, railroad, send up, sentence, take away*, throw away the keys, throw in dungeon, throw the book at |
Antonyms: |
free, liberate |
| 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: | punish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | penalize for wrongdoing |
Synonyms: |
abuse, attend to, batter, beat, beat up, blacklist, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, crack down on, cuff, debar, defrock, discipline, dismiss, do in, execute, exile, expel, fine, flog, give a going over, give the works, harm, hurt, immure, incarcerate, injure, knock about, lash, lecture, maltreat, misuse, oppress, paddle, rap knuckles, reprove, rough up, scourge, sentence, slap wrist, spank, switch, teach a lesson, throw the book at, train, whip |
Antonyms: |
award, exonerate, let go, praise, protect, reward |
| 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 |