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Webster 1913 Edition

Punition

Pu-ni′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
punitio
: cf. F.
punition
. See
Punish
.]
Punishment.
[R.]
Mir. for Mag.

Webster 1828 Edition

Punition

PUNI'TION

,
Noun.
[L. punitio, from punio.] Punishment. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

punition

punition

English

Noun

punition ‎(countable and uncountable, plural punitions)

  1. (obsolete) punishment
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    • 1845, The English Review (volume 4, page 145)
      The corrections of the scholars consist of penitences and punitions; the former are, keeping a boy standing, or on his knees, or in an ignominious place; the latter are pensums (i. e. impositions), or, rarely, the use of a leather thong on the hand.

French

Etymology

From Latin pūnītiō ‎(“punishment”).

Pronunciation

Noun

punition f ‎(plural punitions)

  1. punishment

Related terms

Middle French

Noun

punition f (plural punitions)

  1. punishment

Etymology

From Latin punitio: compare French punition. See punish.

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