cruel and unusual punishment

Questions about cruel and unusual punishment

What is the opposite of cruel and unusual punishment?

WordNet records no antonym for cruel and unusual punishment. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for cruel and unusual punishment come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of cruel and unusual punishment

• Full entry for cruel and unusual punishmentAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for cruel and unusual punishmentWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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