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mirror punishments

mirror punishments is the plural of mirror punishment.

Meaning of mirror punishment

Noun

mirror punishment (countable and uncountable, plural mirror punishments)

  1. A form of punishment that reflects the nature of the transgression that it punishes.
    • Mirror punishments are often justified by the Biblical phrase 'an eye for an eye'.
    Synonyms:
    lex talionis

Questions about mirror punishments

What is mirror punishments the plural of?
Mirror punishments is the plural of mirror punishment.

Words near mirror punishments in the dictionary

  1. mirror neuron
  2. mirror neurons
  3. mirror pheasant
  4. mirror pronouns
  5. mirror punishment
  6. mirror punishments
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  8. mirror site
  9. mirror sites
  10. mirror stage
  11. mirror symmetry

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