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punition

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nounfeminine
  1. punishment
  2. penalty

Used in the library

  • C’est de cette pensée homicide que je porte aujourd’hui la punition.It's this murderous thought that I am now carrying the punishment.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • Les Sauvages n'avaient pas de lois pour la punition des offenses, et se chargeaient individuellement du soin de se venger.The Indians had no laws for the punishment of offenses, and individually took care of revenge.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • Tacite raconte que les troupes romaines s'étant laissé battre par les Africains, L. Apronius les fit décimer, punition, dit-il, tombée en désuétude, mais qu'il emprunta à la mémoire des anciens.Tacite reports that the Roman troops were defeated by the Africans, L. Apronius caused them to be decimated, he said, a punishment that fell into disuse, but which he borrowed from the memory of the elders.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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