noun, masculine/eskaɾˈmjento/plural: escarmientos
punishment; warning, lesson
Synonyms: condena, pena, castigo
Apocope of escarnimiento, from Old Spanish escarnir (“to mock”), from Vulgar Latin *scarniō, from a hypothetical Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skairnjan).