as in punishment
suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense
missing the field trip should be sufficient chastisement for the schoolyard fight
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Noun
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Team members need to feel safe to voice their opinions, ask judgment-free questions, and admit mistakes without fear of punishment and humiliation.—
Martin Zwilling,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025 -
When failure is punished, people stop trying for fear of punishment, and progress slows to a crawl.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2025
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Some of the wrath online was directed specifically at Sacks, who touted and backed various cryptocurrencies as a VC before joining the Trump administration, and whose firm, Craft Ventures, is an investor in crypto index fund manager Bitwise.—
Ari Levy,MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2025
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How the process played out underscores how wary Republicans are of incurring Trump’s wrath only weeks into his administration.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
13 Feb. 2025
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And that included nine penalties against him in only seven games last fall.—
Pat Leonard,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
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However, the most serious penalty is intact—Google's popular Chrome browser is still on the chopping block.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Chastisement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chastisement. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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