Synonyms for punishments
pun·ish·ments

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1. List of paraphrases for "punishments":

   penalties, sanctions, sentences, punishment

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1. Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner:

   The lack of accountability in these cases stands in stark contrast to disciplinary actions taken against VA whistleblowers, the VA has attempted to fire or suspend whistleblowers for minor indiscretions and, often, for activity directly related to the employee's whistleblowing. While OSC has worked with VA headquarters to rescind the disciplinary actions in these cases, the severity of the initial punishments chills other employees from stepping forward to report concerns.

2. William Ernest Henley, From the poem "Invictus":

   It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

3. Bennett Freeman:

   We've already heard a direct threat from the Beijing organizing committee threatening' certain punishments' for those who engage in political speech that violates the spirit of the Olympic Committee, as the Chinese official put it, and they have not walked back those comments. Those threats stand, but the IOC rules do not prohibit athletes from speaking freely to the press.

4. Cynthia Hawke Renn:

   I wish there were an alternative because I think that punishments should fit the crime, i don’t really feel comfortable living in a world where a person can commit this caliber of a crime and still walk the earth.

5. Robert Green Ingersoll:

   In nature there are neither rewards not punishments--there are consequences.