harsh punishment
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
discipline · retribution · flogging · lashing · prison · dungeon · torture · caning · whipping · draconian · merciless · corporal · stocks · pillory · exile · hard labor · solitary · chains
severity of punishment
harsh punishmentslap on the wrist
Trivially lenient penalty
reduced sentence · suspended sentence · probation · community service · warning