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ποινή — meaning in English

poini

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English meaning

  • pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
  • 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.
  • time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.
  • wergeld noun Blood money, the monetary value assigned to a person, set according to their rank, used to determine the compensation paid by the perpetrator of a crime to the victim in the case of injury or to the victim's kindred in the case of homicide; such a reparative payment or compensation.

Senses

ποινή is used for these senses in English:

  • pain (uncountable, dated) Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
  • penalty A legal sentence.
  • punishment A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
  • time (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
  • wergeld (historical, especially in Germanic, _, legal) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.

pain — full definition

  1. noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
  2. noun Mental or emotional suffering.
  3. noun Informal term for an irritating or troublesome person or situation.
  4. verb To cause someone physical or emotional suffering.

penalty — full definition

  1. noun A punishment or negative consequence imposed for breaking a rule, law, or agreement.
  2. noun In sport, a free shot or kick awarded after a foul, or a punishment for breaking the rules of play.

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