sanction
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verbal punishment
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the act of punishingsynonyms: châtiment, peine, punition, pénalisationtypes:punition corporellethe infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crimeemprisonnement, peine privative de libertéputting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishmentmortificationpunishment inflicted on yourselftype of:contrôle socialcontrol exerted (actively or passively) by group action
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