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Overcoming punishment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beating

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'overcoming' is the first definition.
('beat' can be a synonym of 'overcome')

'punishment' is the second definition.
(beating is a kind of punishment)

(Other definitions for beating that I've seen before include "Overcoming (a problem)" , "Defeating; thrashing" .)

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