"punishment" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "punish + -ment",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "punishment",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "punishments",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "hyphenation": "pun‧ish‧ment",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reward"
        },
        {
          "word": "award"
        },
        {
          "word": "prize"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Punishment is hard to accept."
        },
        {
          "text": "His punishments were financial and verbal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A punishment is a response to bad actions; it is used to try to stop another bad action."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "penalty"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-punishment.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "punishment"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "punish + -ment",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "punishment",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "punishments",
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      ]
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  "hyphenation": "pun‧ish‧ment",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reward"
        },
        {
          "word": "award"
        },
        {
          "word": "prize"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Punishment is hard to accept."
        },
        {
          "text": "His punishments were financial and verbal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A punishment is a response to bad actions; it is used to try to stop another bad action."
      ],
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        "countable & uncountable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "penalty"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-punishment.ogg",
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  "word": "punishment"
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