punishability
Warranting legal consequences
Punishability is the quality of being subject to punishment—whether an act or person can legally or morally be penalized.
The term appears mainly in legal and philosophical contexts: The court examined the punishability of the defendant's conduct under existing statutes.
It concerns not whether punishment will occur, but whether it legitimately could.
State of being improper
- blameworthinessDeserving moral condemnation
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
righteousness · transgression · sinfulness · wickedness · reprehensibility · inexcusability · unpardonability
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
sentencing · penology · judiciary · criminality · chargeable · actionable · triable · prosecutable
Approval or punitive measure
- fineAcceptable in quality
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
correction · reprimand · chastisement · redress · amends · fallout · restitution · forfeiture
Unsparing quality or manner
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- punitivenessTendency toward harsh penalties
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
draconian · mercilessness · inflexibility · zero-tolerance · mandatory · proportionality · leniency · mitigation
Stopping something before occurring
- discouragementLoss of confidence
- dissuasionConvincing someone not to
- restraintControl over impulses
- warningAlert about danger
cautionary · countermeasure · disincentive · prohibition · proscription · interdiction · enforceability
wrongfulness
State of being improper
- blameworthinessDeserving moral condemnation
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
ethics · righteousness · transgression · sinfulness · wickedness · reprehensibility · inexcusability · unpardonability
culpability
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
adjudication · sentencing · penology · judiciary · criminality · chargeable · actionable · triable · prosecutable · convictable
sanction
Approval or punitive measure
- fineAcceptable in quality
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
discipline · correction · reprimand · chastisement · redress · amends · fallout · restitution · forfeiture · damages
harshness
Unsparing quality or manner
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- punitivenessTendency toward harsh penalties
sternness · draconian · mercilessness · inflexibility · zero-tolerance · mandatory · proportionality · leniency · mitigation · aggravation
prevention
Stopping something before occurring
- discouragementLoss of confidence
- dissuasionConvincing someone not to
- restraintControl over impulses
warning · cautionary · countermeasure · disincentive · prohibition · proscription · interdiction · enforceability
punishabilityimmunity
Protected from harm
impunity · exemption · inviolability · protection · amnesty
punishabilityblamelessness
Freedom from culpability
innocence · guiltlessness · faultlessness · irreproachability · praiseworthiness
punish, penalty, punishment, punished, punishing, penance, penal, penitence, punitive