English-Spanish translations for punishment

• castigo
  Esa modalidad de castigo es inhumana. Such a mode of punishment is inhuman.
  ¿Es este, pues, el castigo de cuantos se resisten? Is this the punishment for resistance?
  Jesucristo sufrió el castigo que nos trajo la verdadera paz. Jesus Christ underwent the punishment that brings us true peace.
• penitencia
  Eso ilustra el refrán que recuerda que en el pecado se lleva la penitencia. This is an illustration of the principle of the punishment fitting the crime.
• pena
  En segundo lugar, la pena capital es una medida disuasoria. Secondly, capital punishment is a deterrent.
  En este momento se enfrentan a la pena capital. They are currently facing capital punishment.
  La pena de muerte es un castigo cruel e inhumano. The death penalty is a cruel and inhuman punishment.

Definition of punishment

• The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction
• A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution

Examples

• a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment

Related words

• punishment penalty
• punishment cell
• capital punishment
• corporal punishment
• mirror punishment
• Tantalus’s punishment
• exempt from punishment
• self punishment