puniness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
punish
— Verb
– English
～ impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
punishable
— Adjective
– English
～ (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"
punishable
— Adjective
– English
～ liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses"
punished
— Adjective
– English
～ 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)
punishing
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
punishing
— Adjective
– English
～ resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"
punishingly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a punishing manner
punishment
— Noun
– English
～ the act of punishing
punitive damages
— Noun
– English
～ (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)