Vocabulary : Puniceous to Punition

Puniceous : Alt. of Punicial
Punicial : Of a bright red or purple color.
Puniness : The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.
Punish : To deal with roughly or harshly; -- chiefly used with regard to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy. ;; To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience. ;; To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death. ;; To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
Punishable : Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.

Punished : of Punish
Punisher : One who inflicts punishment.
Punishing : of Punish
Punishment : Severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. ;; The act of punishing. ;; Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense. ;; A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.
Punition : Punishment.

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