Strafe — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chastisement noun The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
- discipline noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behaviour.
- doom noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
- forfeit verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
- penalty noun A punishment or negative consequence imposed for breaking a rule, law, or agreement.
- punishment noun A penalty given for wrongdoing, or the act of imposing one.
- sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.
Senses
Strafe is used for these senses in English:
- chastisement The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
- discipline A punishment to train or maintain control.
- doom (countable, obsolete) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
- fire and brimstone Referencing or emphasizing the power and wrath of God.
- forfeit A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
- punishment The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.
- punishment A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
- sentence A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
discipline — full definition
- noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behaviour.
- noun A particular branch of knowledge or study.
- verb To train someone to behave in a controlled way, or to punish them for breaking rules.