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Punishment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Punishment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 punishment punishment punition Sgm: N 1 chastisement chastisement chastening Sgm: N 1 correction correction castigation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 discipline discipline … English dictionary for students
instrument of torture — noun an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person • Hypernyms: ↑instrument of punishment • Hyponyms: ↑boot, ↑the boot, ↑iron boot, ↑iron heel, ↑iron maiden, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
punishment — /pun ish meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of punishing. 2. the fact of being punished, as for an offense or fault. 3. a penalty inflicted for an offense, fault, etc. 4. severe handling or treatment. [1250 1300; ME punysshement < AF punisement, OF… … Universalium
punishment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Applying a penalty for an offense Nouns 1. punishment; chastisement, chastening; correction, castigation; discipline, infliction, trial; judgment, penalty; retribution; thunderbolt, nemesis; requital,… … English dictionary for students
Capital Punishment (Death Penalty) — Capital Punishment † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Capital Punishment The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. The Latins use the word capitalis (from caput, head) to describe that which… … Catholic encyclopedia
Capital punishment in California — Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of California. The first recorded execution in the area that is now California was on April 11, 1778 when four Native Americans were shot in San Diego County for conspiracy to… … Wikipedia
Capital punishment in Poland — Capital punishment remained in Polish law until April 1 1998, but since 1989 there was a moratorium on executions. The death penalty is now prohibited in Poland for all offences and the last execution took place one year earier.Since regaining… … Wikipedia
Signal instrument — A signal instrument is a musical instrument which is not (only) used for music as such, but also fit to give sound signals as a form of auditive communication, usually in open air.To make the message audible at a distance, percussion and brass… … Wikipedia
þripelúf — ? ( ?/ ?) instrument of punishment … Old to modern English dictionary
Archaeology of the Cross and Crucifix — Archæology of the Cross and Crucifix † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archæology of the Cross and Crucifix I. PRIMITIVE CRUCIFORM SIGNS The sign of the cross, represented in its simplest form by a crossing of two lines at right angles,… … Catholic encyclopedia
