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Penalisation (Noun)

Meaning

The act of punishing.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Examples

  • The government's decision to impose harsher penalties on environmental offenders was seen as a necessary step towards the penalisation of reckless behaviour.
  • The company was subject to heavy penalisation for violating the terms of its contract, resulting in significant financial losses.
  • The judge argued that the penalisation of juvenile offenders should focus on rehabilitation rather than punishment.
  • The country's penalisation of dissenting voices has been widely condemned by human rights groups around the world.
  • The new policy introduces stricter penalisation for tax evasion in an effort to increase revenue and reduce corruption.

Synonyms

  • Penalization
  • Punishment
  • Penalty

Hypernyms

  • Social Control

Hyponyms

  • Self-mortification
  • Self-punishment
  • Medicine
  • Self-abasement
  • Castigation
  • Corporal Punishment
  • Cruel And Unusual Punishment
  • Music
  • Correction
  • Discipline
  • Economic Strangulation
  • Chastisement
  • Stick
  • Penance
  • Detention
  • Imprisonment

Related Words

  • Penalise (verb)
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