punition

Noun

punition (countable and uncountable, plural punitions)

1. (obsolete) punishment
   • Yee judges vpon earth, let our iuste punitions
     Teach you to shake off bribes, and kepe your handes pure.1559, “Tresilian”, in George Ferrers, editor, The Mirror for Magistrates
   • 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.1845, The English Review, volume 4, page 145

   Synonyms:

   punishment, sanction, castigation, discipline, censure, correction, penalty, sentence, chastening, chastisement