Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group.

Punishment or The Punishment may also refer to:

• Punishment (psychology)
• Capital punishment
• School discipline, punishment at school

• Punishment (album), a 2011 album by American hardcore band Endwell
• "Punishment" (poem), a poem by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney published in 1975
• Punishment (TV series), a 1981 Australian soap opera
• Punishment (film) or Boot Camp, a 2008 North American film
• The Punishment (1912 film), an American short film
• The Punishment (1976 film), a Romanian film
• The Punishment (2022 film), a Chilean-Argentine film
• The Punishment (2023 film), a Peruvian-Colombian film
• "Punishment", a 1992 song by Biohazard from Urban Discipline
• "Punishment", a 2011 song by Man Overboard from their self-titled album
• "The Punishment", a 1998 song by Tarot

• Reinforcement
• Team Punishment, a mixed martial arts training camp