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τιμωρία — meaning in English

timoria

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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.

Senses

τιμωρία is used for these senses in English:

  • pain (uncountable, dated) Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
  • penalty A legal sentence.
  • penalty (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
  • 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.

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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