The phrase "accept punishment" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: "The judge ordered the defendant to accept punishment for their crime."
I accept punishment for my actions.
They might be prepared to accept punishment to give their followers security and protection from prosecution.
Indeed, their readiness to accept punishment for breaking the law enhanced their actions.
Even in his disgrace, Gary seems sure and strangely noble, willing to accept punishment for his crimes.
An offer to pay damages or accept punishment without offering an apology would be considered insincere in Japan, Professor Rosett wrote.
Executives are only too willing to accept punishment to protect their companies even if they are not directly responsible; meanwhile, bad practices continue unchecked.
Indeed, "accepting punishment is designed to prick the conscience of those doing the punishing," Ms. Calman said.
Is he only a hero if he accepts punishment from a highly corrupt government who will do nothing more to punish him and make an example of not opposing the government?
Mbarek Lafrem, a native of Morocco who had been arrested in Manhattan, was the picture of ambivalence when it came to accepting punishment.
But accepting punishment for breaking a law one considers unjust has over time been a successful strategy for changing that law.
She told him to fight, but apparently her mere presence was enough to convince him that accepting punishment (for his long ago misappropriation of a client's money) was the right thing to do.
