Read full poem →Doing the justice that is but half just;
Punishing wrong that is not truly wrong!
Administering, alas, God! not Thy law.
Dictionary Entry
To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
In a Sentence
“If a prince violates the law, then he must be punished like an ordinary person.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. punishing
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Poetry examples for “punishing”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Doing the justice that is but half just;
Punishing wrong that is not truly wrong!
Administering, alas, God! not Thy law.
Read full poem →When the fox and the wolf found her there, they
talked over different ways of punishing her. One of
them said to cut off her head.