Approved
Approved adjective - Established by authority; given authoritative approval.
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Punished and approved are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Punished" instead a verb "Approved".
Punished
Punished adjective - Subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience).
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Synonyms for Punished
Approved and punished are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approved" instead a verb "Punished".
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Every story now had to have a happy ending (ie, one in which evil was punished and good rewarded), which meant multi-part stories with cliffhangers had to be specially approved by the CCA.
Source: Useful Notes / The Comics Code
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