So don't punish yourself by abstaining; eat your bacon sandwich with pride.
By setting borrowing limits or promising to punish reckless budgeting, politicians hope to force themselves to act more responsibly.
The House majority leader, Steny Hoyer, said Wilson's outburst was "a shameful act" and he would work with Republicans in deciding whether to punish him.
Anyone in the LDP who reflects on how savagely voters might punish the party's obstructionism at the polls should favour this.
Muddled thinking is dangerous because it can lead to policies that punish both virtue and vice, that interfere with our inalienable right to pursue happiness, and lead to more, not less, poverty.
To punish with a beating; thrash.
TEACHER: And didn't I promise to punish you when you misbehave?
A local court accepted Dwivedi's petition to punish the actors and said it would hear the petitioner on December 11.
This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt.
I was embarrassed how to punish him when I discovered his part in the business: he's such a cobweb, a pinch would annihilate him; but you'll see by his look that he has received his due!
Now Jennifer felt outraged and wanted to punish him.
Males of a certain fish species will punish females when they misbehave while eating, a new study finds.
Sometimes the disability is removed, the law suspended: by the deathless power of love or hate we break the spell — we are seen by those whom we would warn, console, or punish.
He promised to punish the savage act.
“Remember Oscar Wilde's quip,” he says: “When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers’.
The failure to punish almost anyone for the serious crimes Mr Yushchenko had denounced, or to overhaul the courts, led to disillusion among his supporters and boldness among his enemies.
In track cycling, there are some ways to punish: admonition, penalize time, fine, and debase class.
It's easy to forgive or forgive a person. It's not to punish anyone, but to let go of himself and give himself a way out.
Some will punish themselves for having those slips which can cause the relapse to continue.
It is my crime, father, punish me.
The quartermaster was responsible for dividing the loot evenly between crewmembers, watching over prisoners until the crew could decide what to do with them, and to punish pirates who broke rules.
Some state law instructs jurors to punish "reprehensible" conduct.
Mr Santos vehemently denies the charges and says the militia bosses are simply making such allegations to punish a government they feel has betrayed them.
If someone violates the law of nature, he is an aggressor. He is beyond reason and you can punish him.
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