Meanings
verboutpunish (third-person singular simple present outpunishes, present participle outpunishing, simple past and past participle outpunished)
present singular third person outpunishes · participle present outpunishing · participle past outpunished · past outpunished
- raretransitiveTo surpass in punishing.
But if the threat is merely unpleasant rather than painful, the first person may increase the intensity of his or her negative acts too, trying as it were to outpunish the punisher.
1986, Jeanne P. Deschner, The hitting habit: anger control for battering couples, page 13
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outpunish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpunish
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“outpunish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpunish. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outpunish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpunish.
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