mirror punishment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of punishment that reflects the nature of the transgression that it punishes.

Word forms

mirror punishment mirror punishments

Etymology

Possibly a calque translation of Dutch spiegelstraf or German Spiegelstrafe

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