Difference between punishment and ransom

punishment

Definitions

noun

  1. the act of punishing

Examples

And the moral murder of my child is to be my punishment for daring to turn a deaf ear to the indign passion of a brute!

The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption.

The French and Dutch results were punishment for political failure on a grand scale.

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ransom

Definitions

noun

  1. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
  2. payment for the release of someone
  3. money demanded for the return of a captured person

verb

  1. exchange or buy back for money; under threat

Examples

The unit installs at the transom and emits sonar beams that ‘look’ out to 240 feet on either side of the boat.

That's one of the main Spanish trawler Tuesday, and a self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom.

The twelve-panel front door is surmounted with a transom window and framed by fluted pilasters supporting an open pediment.

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