Punishment: alternatives and connections

Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

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The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.

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The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

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The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

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The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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Repentance.

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Degradation of one's self by one's own act.

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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; t…

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To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; t…

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Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

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