Pun″ish‐ment (?), n. 1. The act of punishing.
2. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense.
I never gave them condign punishment. Shak.
The rewards and punishments of another life. Locke.
3. (Law) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.