Noun

1. The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
2. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
3. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
4. Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished

   The drunk champions team got a terrible punishment: a 0-10 loss, as shamefull as the bare-butt paddling they got afterward