punishment vs quarter

punishment

• A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution 

• A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime. 

• Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling. 

• The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction. 

quarter

• Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed. 

• A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. 

• One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff. 

• A region or place. 

• The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern. 

• A quarter of an acre or 40 roods. 

• Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part. 

• A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season. 

• A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. 

• A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests. 

• A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams. 

• A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. 

• Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass. 

• A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side. 

• A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. 

• A quarterfinal. 

• A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location. 

• A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour. 

• The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin. 

• One of four equal periods into which a game is divided. 

• A fourth part of a hundredweight. 

• To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment. 

• To lodge; to have a temporary residence. 

• To divide into quarters; to divide by four. 

• To quartersaw. 

• Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%). 

• Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year. 

• Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.