punition

plural punitions

1. countableobsoleteuncountablepunishment

   Yee judges vpon earth, let our iuste punitions Teach you to shake off bribes, and kepe your handes pure.

   1559, “Tresilian”, in George Ferrers, editor, The Mirror for Magistrates

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   The corrections of the scholars consist of penitences and punitions; the former are, keeping a boy standing, or on his knees, or in an ignominious place; the latter are pensums (i. e. impositions), or, rarely, the use of a leather thong on the hand.

   1845, The English Review, volume 4, page 145

   Synonyms: punishment, sanction, castigation, discipline, censure, correction, discipline, penalty