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What is another word for
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A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract
A disadvantage suffered as the result of an action or situation
A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract
The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court for a particular offense
The adverse effect(s) of something
A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule
A breach of the rules, especially in sports
A (typically self-imposed) punishment or reparation for a sinful act or wrongdoing
(
usually in plural form "damages"
)
A sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or an injury
A prison sentence
A cause of great distress or misfortune
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▲
Noun
▲
A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract
fine
forfeit
mulct
punishment
retribution
forfeiture
damages
handicap
penance
price
sanction
sentence
amends
amercement
consequence
cost
deprivation
dues
fall
mortification
penalization
punition
punitive action
rap
undesirable consequence
charge
fee
financial penalty
loss
confiscation
sequestration
penalty charge
toll
result
sacrifice
levy
disbenefit
demurrage
assessment
payment
reparation
“The maximum
penalty
for breaking such an order is five years in prison.”
Noun
▲
A disadvantage suffered as the result of an action or situation
disadvantage
detriment
difficulty
drawback
handicap
downside
snag
minus
despite
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
disbenefit
unpleasant aspect
uphill battle
liability
inconvenience
disservice
prejudice
harm
demerit
loss
deprivation
negative
debit
incommodity
strike
damage
injury
hurt
mischief
weakness
flaw
trouble
impediment
catch
nuisance
pitfall
hindrance
defect
limitation
burden
fault
deficiency
disability
problem
obstacle
hurdle
shortcoming
lack
failing
restriction
complication
hardship
constraint
hiccup
imperfection
privation
fetter
encumbrance
hitch
crimp
cramp
affliction
impairment
con
afterdeal
hangup
trammel
obstruction
albatross
stumbling block
weak point
weak spot
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
ill
barrier
deterrent
issue
discouragement
consequence
downfall
bad
negative aspect
flip side
road block
other side of the coin
stone in one's path
blank wall
drag
cross
aggravation
vexation
troublesomeness
disturbance
upset
awkwardness
incommodiousness
exasperation
fuss
untimeliness
bothersomeness
unsuitableness
unhandiness
annoyance
trial
disruption
uneasiness
unfitness
unwieldiness
cumbersomeness
pain
stew
discomfort
millstone
cumber
balance
contract
misfortune
Achilles heel
involvement
mortgage
arrear
jinx
lease
chit
tab
indebtment
loan
baggage
bite
possibility
IOU
due
contingency
pledge
remainder
account
cross to bear
wrong
bad news
disaster area
spoiling
marring
illfare
millstone round one's neck
check
curb
damper
evil
more ❯
“This is a situation where the
penalty
is most unfair.”
Noun
▲
A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract
punishment
discipline
comeuppance
chastisement
nemesis
correction
wrath
castigation
deserts
retribution
requital
just deserts
reprimand
revenge
chastening
vengeance
recompense
justice
reproof
retaliation
rod
punition
what you deserve
what's coming to you
reformation
admonition
due
reform
reward
retributive justice
disciplining
return
just punishment
due reward
deserved fate
desert
what is coming to one
what one is asking for
talion
lumps
criticism
put down
censure
condemnation
blast
scolding
bawling-out
excoriation
rebuke
telling-off
ticking-off
chewing out
dressing down
sentence
penance
sanction
price
rap
infliction
medicine
torture
penalization
amends
judgment
US
consequences
judgement
UK
damages
pain
mulct
suffering
fine
sequestration
deprivation
stick
victimisation
UK
jankers
unhappiness
reparation
confiscation
gallows
hammer
victimization
US
ostracism
dues
forfeiture
mortification
amercement
forfeit
punitive measures
punitive action
disciplinary action
coercive measure
punitive measure
hell to pay
firm hand
reproach
upbraiding
lambasting
chiding
lecture
dressing-down
remonstration
admonishment
tongue-lashing
roasting
wigging
reproval
talking-to
rollicking
denunciation
reprehension
objurgation
obloquy
carpeting
earful
rocket
bollocking
ticking off
remonstrance
disapproval
tirade
caning
diatribe
blame
rating
rap over the knuckles
reprobation
berating
disapprobation
accusation
row
telling off
attack
slap on the wrist
arraignment
incrimination
serve
slur
imputation
expostulation
stricture
riot act
repudiation
recrimination
disparagement
commination
inculpation
indictment
charge
invective
disfavor
US
depreciation
complaint
disfavour
UK
impeachment
implication
attribution
opposition
animadversion
exprobation
harangue
going-over
piece of your mind
hard time
damnation
harsh criticism
denouncement
caution
fining
ragging
warning
imprisonment
going over
flea in ear
censoriousness
verbal blasting
aversive
aversive stimulus
slating
rebuff
blowing up
heat
counsel
talking to
trimming
preachment
moralism
preaching
injunction
caveat
verbal thrashing
shame
disrepute
discredit
upbraid
scold
odium
chewing-out
scorn
abuse
slight
contempt
stain
punishing
chastising
penalizing
US
blowing-up
flea in the ear
blemish
rap on the knuckles
negative reinforcement
slap in the face
kick in the teeth
penalising
UK
being put in one's place
tick off
haul over the coals
tell off
tongue lashing
flak
opprobrium
vilification
penalties
sanctions
proscription
sentences
conviction
doom
blaming
a bad press
use of punishment
a firm hand
getting yours
grooming
bawling out
what for
calling down
oral punishment
slap on wrist
more ❯
Noun
▲
The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court for a particular offense
sentence
punishment
ruling
judgment
US
judgement
UK
decree
verdict
finding
condemnation
conviction
pronouncement
decision
determination
censure
holding
order
dictum
edict
the book
sending up the river
retribution
sanction
justice
penance
punitive action
reprimand
penalization
deferment
just deserts
suspended sentence
deferred sentence
reparation
recompense
redress
punition
damages
rule
amends
fine
compensation
forfeiture
rap
imprisonment
condemning
declaration of guilt
determining guilt
pronouncement of guilt
more ❯
Noun
▲
The adverse effect(s) of something
toll
cost
damage
price
harm
detriment
expense
loss
hurt
injury
disadvantage
suffering
losses
adverse effect
undesirable consequence
downside
drawback
disbenefit
snag
consequences
ramification
weight
sacrifice
undesirable consequences
adverse effects
forfeit
complication
deprivation
forfeiture
difficulty
consequence
disfavour
UK
disservice
disfavor
US
relinquishment
surrender
foregoing
surrendering
yielding
giving up
waiver
ceding
abdication
renunciation
waiving
forsaking
eschewal
renouncing
doing without
signing away
going without
rejection
resignation
repudiation
renouncement
abandonment
forswearing
devotion
sacrificing
dedication
commitment
self-sacrifice
self-denial
offering
forfeiting
service
putting in
investment
yielding up
more ❯
Noun
▲
A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule
sanction
ban
embargo
boycott
restriction
deterrent
prohibition
punishment
correction
discipline
exclusion
penalization
retribution
barrier
tariff
action
command
decree
injunction
measure
punitive action
sentence
writ
coercive measures
coercive measure
punitive measure
interdict
interdiction
Noun
▲
A breach of the rules, especially in sports
foul
infringement
infraction
error
offence
UK
offense
US
encroachment
breach
slip
violation
breach of the rules
faux pas
Noun
▲
A (typically self-imposed) punishment or reparation for a sinful act or wrongdoing
penance
atonement
expiation
reparation
absolution
amends
punishment
attrition
retribution
compensation
compunction
propitiation
purgation
self-punishment
self-abasement
self-flagellation
self-mortification
reprisal
vengeance
revenge
retaliation
recompense
reckoning
nemesis
payback
justice
repayment
satisfaction
redress
requital
damages
remedy
wages
restitution
judgement
UK
comeback
revanche
judgment
US
counterblow
avenging
avengement
comeuppance
measure
just deserts
poetic justice
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
reward
an eye for an eye
tit for tat
measure for measure
eye for an eye
retributive justice
just reward
due reward
more ❯
Noun
▲
(
usually in plural form "damages"
)
A sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or an injury
damage
compensation
indemnity
recompense
reparation
restitution
satisfaction
indemnification
requital
redress
reimbursement
remuneration
fine
payment
amends
atonement
meed
quittance
recoupment
reparations
repayment
reprisals
comp
forfeit
forfeiture
guerdon
solatium
mulct
Noun
▲
A prison sentence
time
prison term
prison sentence
imprisonment
punishment
sentence
stretch
slammer time
rap
stint
penal sentence
jail sentence
porridge
bird
life sentence
suspended sentence
tour of duty
Noun
▲
A cause of great distress or misfortune
scourge
bane
affliction
curse
plague
blight
trial
nuisance
misery
torment
pest
evil
misfortune
burden
menace
cancer
nemesis
torture
canker
suffering
pestilence
visitation
terror
punishment
infliction
cross to bear
bitter pill
thorn in the flesh
thorn in your side
catastrophe
disaster
ordeal
calamity
cataclysm
tragedy
retribution
vengeance
distress
pain
adversity
trouble
tribulation
woe
blow
hardship
problem
mishap
ruin
annoyance
vexation
debacle
bother
setback
downfall
accident
irritation
irritant
headache
upheaval
misadventure
nightmare
crash
hassle
reverse
crisis
worry
bad news
poison
apocalypse
undoing
difficulty
horror
car crash
wretchedness
reversal of fortune
emergency
meltdown
aggravation
ruination
exasperation
corruption
rot
inconvenience
botheration
waterloo
cross
sickness
drag
hell
fiasco
disease
bugbear
thorn in one's side
collapse
havoc
devastation
nag
complication
failure
bind
contretemps
pain in the bum
pain in the neck
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
destruction
big trouble
hell on earth
mischance
agony
besetment
death
anguish
bale
peeve
wreck
grief
shock
bad thing
travail
predicament
plight
curtains
trauma
sorrow
dilemma
mess
whammy
discomfort
quagmire
extremity
mire
quandary
holocaust
conundrum
desolation
the worst
entanglement
pickle
impasse
stress
stroke of bad luck
jam
chaos
imbroglio
disarray
perplexity
hole
issue
disorder
strait
drama
bummer
fix
shambles
muddle
turmoil
exigency
depression
tight corner
critical situation
sticky situation
spot of bother
unfortunate situation
hang-up
tight spot
worst-case scenario
hard times
sorry condition
no-win situation
awkward situation
train wreck
problematic situation
dire straits
deep water
tricky situation
hot water
tight situation
sad state
difficult situation
terrible thing
dreadful thing
awful thing
defeat
Waterloo
malignancy
corrosion
botched situation
hydra
road to ruin
bete noire
smutch
bore
persecution
Gehenna
albatross
hurt
excruciation
harassment
rack
straits
displeasure
ill
soreness
agitation
severe test
hard time
ill fortune
trying time
provocation
nagging
daemon
demon
creep
chagrin
mishanter
source of aggravation
stressor
source of irritation
source of annoyance
gripe
sore point
bane of one's life
abyss
trials and tribulations
tease
pain in the behind
bad luck
irk
despair
ruffle
frustration
thorn
bête noire
rub
aggro
bête noir
fatal attraction
nark
blister
gall
pill
nudge
cuss
nakba
mischanter
hair shirt
reverse of fortune
unholy mess
holy mess
devastating blow
stew
blue ruin
pass
tinderbox
urgency
pinch
reversal
pressure
confusion
scrape
monstrosity
situation
embarrassment
bomb
shipwreck
disorderliness
messiness
bust
puzzle
vicious circle
hot potato
double trouble
heavy blow
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rabbit hole
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