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Webster 1828 Edition

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Afflicting with pain, penalty or suffering of any kind, as the retribution of a crime or offense.

punishing

punishing ‎(comparative more punishing, superlative most punishing)

inflicting punishment

punishing ‎(plural punishings)

Punishment.
- 2011, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology (page 303)
  We may not be convinced that God is as involved in historical punishings as the prophet claims, and we may have a strong negative reaction to the claims made for how God acts […]