Psychological definition of Punishment (which is what I was using in my post)

"In operant conditioning, punishment is any change in a human or animal's surroundings that occurs after a given behavior or response which reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future. As with reinforcement, it is the behavior, not the animal, that is punished."

In psychology, punishment can be negative or positive, just like reinforcement.

Punishment is used to change a behavior, reinforcement to keep it. Negative means to take something away, and positive means to add something.

I was using this definition when I gave my long answer.

The beginning of my post, when I said I want to say no, I was going with the laymen definition of punishment, as being a bad thing and not pleasant.

I wanted to explain, because if a T or psychologist or psychiatrist uses the term, one might need to ask for clarification...