Punishment
Punishment noun - Suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense.
Recompense and punishment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recompense" instead a noun "Punishment".
Recompense
Recompense noun - Payment to another for a loss or injury.
Usage example: the jury awarded an additional $5,000 in recompense for physical pain and suffering
Punishment and recompense are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Punishment" instead a noun "Recompense".
Nearby Words: recompensed, recompensing
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- satisfaction and punishment
- satisfaction and recompense
- reward and punishment
- reward and recompense
- payment and punishment
- payment and recompense
- compensation and punishment
- compensation and recompense
- desert and punishment
- desert and recompense
- redress and punishment
- redress and recompense
- justice and punishment
- justice and recompense
How words are described
| legal | legal punishment | legal recompense |
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