Assertion: punishment | /r/CapableOf | exist as deterrent
Facets:
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In practice, ... these punishments were almost never invoked, and existed mainly as a deterrent and to indicate the seriousness of the sins for which they were prescribed.
text: Some punishments act as a deterrent by making someone fear the consequences of (being caught) committing an act, but there are punishments meant more to impress upon perpetrators the seriousness of their act than to behavioristically scare them into not doing it again.
text: In practice, however, these punishments were almost never invoked, and existed mainly as a deterrent and to indicate the seriousness of the sins for which they were prescribed.