punIshable ness

[English punishable; -ne .) The quality or state of being punishable. pun'-Ish-er, s. [Eng. punish; -er.] One who punishes; one who inflicts punishment, pain, lo , or other penalty, for an offense or crime. pun'-Ish-měnt, *pun-i he-ment, s. [Fr. pun i ement.] 1. The act of punishing; the infliction of pain, lo , confinement, or other penalty, for a crime or offense. 2. That which is inflicted as a penalty; any pain, lo , confinement, or other penalty, inflicted on a person for any crime or offense by a duly qualified authority to which the offender is subject; penalty imposed by law. "Punishments of unreasonable severity have le effect in preventing crimes and amending the manners of a people, than such as are more merciful in general, yet properly intermixed with due distinctions of severity."Black stone: Comment., bk. iv., ch. 1. 207 3. Pain or injury inflicted in a general sense, especially the pain or injuries inflicted by one person on another in a boxing match. *pu-ni-tion, *pu-ni-ci-on, *pu-nis-sy-on, *punys-y-on, s. [Fr. punition , from Lat. punitionem , acc us. of punitio , from punitus , pa. par. of punio to punish (q.v.); Sp. punicion ; Ital. punizione .] The act of punishing; punishment.