deterrent example

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   punishment intended as a warning to others

   “they decided to make an example of him”

   Synonymsexamplelessonobject lesson

   Broaderadmonition

Questions about deterrent example

What does deterrent example mean?

deterrent example means "punishment intended as a warning to others".

What is another word for deterrent example?

Close synonyms include example, lesson, object lesson. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deterrent example a common word?

deterrent example is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.