loss of privileges
Freedoms taken away
Loss of privileges is a disciplinary measure that temporarily removes access to activities, possessions, or freedoms someone normally enjoys.
Parents ground teenagers, schools revoke recess, prisons restrict commissary access.
The phrase appears frequently in institutional and parenting contexts: The therapist recommended loss of privileges rather than physical punishment.
Often abbreviated LOP in correctional settings.
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- groundingConnecting to earth
- house arrestCourt-ordered domestic detention
- revokedOfficially canceled or withdrawn
taken away · restricted · off limits · banned · timeout · screen time · parental control · consequence · discipline · zero tolerance · demotion · probation · forfeited · stripped · denied · confined · curfew · detention
- disciplinemisconduct, violation, time-out, timeout, grounded
- disciplinary actionsreprimand, warning, suspension, demotion, firing
- military disciplinedemerits, saluting, discipline, chain of command, drill
- military punishmentsflogging, lashing, whipping, court-martial, brig
- prison disciplinesolitary confinement, the hole, lockdown, punishment cell, disciplinary action
- penaltiespenalty, fine, civil penalty, criminal penalty, infractions
loss of privilegesreward
Payment for service
positive reinforcement · commendation · bonus · incentive · promotion
loss, lose, loses, losing, losers, privilege, privileges, privileged, privileging