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.
A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed.
To strike with a scourge; to flog.