PENALIZING Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word penalizing. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for PENALIZING
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| chastening | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • a rebuke for making a mistake | ||||||
| corrective | adjective adj | |||||
noun • a device for treating injury or disease adjective satellite • designed to promote discipline • tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition | ||||||
| disciplinary | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • relating to discipline in behavior • relating to a specific field of academic study adjective satellite • designed to promote discipline | ||||||
| penal | adverb, adjective adv, adj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to punishment adjective satellite • serving as or designed to impose punishment • (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | ||||||
| punishing | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • resulting in punishment adjective satellite • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | ||||||
| punitive | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • inflicting punishment | ||||||
| repressive | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • restrictive of action | ||||||
| retaliatory | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • of or relating to or having the nature of retribution | ||||||
| retributive | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • of or relating to or having the nature of retribution • given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts | ||||||
| retributory | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • of or relating to or having the nature of retribution • given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts | ||||||
| avenging | verb, adverb, adjective v, adv, adj | |||||
verb • To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. • To take vengeance. • To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. noun • The act by which somebody is avenged. | ||||||
| castigatory | adjective adj | |||||
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| penalise | verb v | |||||
verb • impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | ||||||
| punish | verb v | |||||
verb • impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | ||||||