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Punishment is, according to some, the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority[1][2][3]—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular action or behavior that is deemed undesirable or unacceptable.[4] It is, however, possible to distinguish between various different understandings of what punishment is.[5]
