English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of punish

punish

/verb/ सज़ा देना; दंड देना; कष्ट पहुंचाना; ताड़ना करना;

Synonym chastise; penalize; victimize; thrash;

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English Dictionary:

1. Punish

[v. t.]

- To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
- To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
- To injure, as by beating; to pommel.