Punishment from Bridge expert (8)
I believe the answer is:
spanking
'punishment' is the definition.
(spanking is a kind of punishment)
'bridge expert' is the wordplay.
'bridge' becomes 'span' (synonyms).
'expert' becomes 'king' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'span'+'king'='SPANKING'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spanking that I've seen before include "Very large" , "Lively" , "Fantastic" , "Hiding" , "excellent" .)