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punishment
Noun
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A punishment is a response to bad actions; it is used to try to stop another bad action.
Punishment is hard to accept.
His punishments were financial and verbal.
stimulation
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noun
the act of arousing an organism to action
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noun
any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
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noun
(physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
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noun
(= foreplay)
mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse