Meaning

1 senses
  1. Punish (an innocent person) for the sake of deterrence; subject (a person) to telishment.

Origin

Coined by John Rawls in his 1955 paper “Two Concepts of Rules”. Probably a portmanteau of

Coined by John Rawls in his 1955 paper “Two Concepts of Rules”. Probably a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “result”, “end”, loosely “the greater good”) and the English (pun)ish, after telishment.

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Forms

telishes, telishing, telished, telished
Base formtelish · to telish
3rd person singulartelishes
Present participletelishing
Past simpletelished
Past participletelished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytelish
he, she, ittelishes

Past simpleLesson

all personstelished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave telished
he, she, ithas telished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill telish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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