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Noun
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A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract
penalty
correction
discipline
retribution
chastisement
comeuppance
justice
penance
sanction
sentence
reprimand
castigation
deserts
infliction
medicine
penalization
price
rap
requital
torture
vengeance
wrath
amends
chastening
consequences
damages
judgementUK
judgmentUS
pain
amercement
confiscation
deprivation
dues
fine
forfeit
forfeiture
gallows
hammer
jankers
mortification
mulct
nemesis
ostracism
punition
reparation
rod
sequestration
stick
suffering
unhappiness
victimisationUK
victimizationUS
punitive measures
disciplinary action
just deserts
punitive action
coercive measure
punitive measure
hell to pay
firm hand
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“It was unlikely that he would escape punishment for his provable crimes.”
Noun
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The infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense
discipline
disciplining
penalization
retribution
castigation
chastening
chastisement
damnation
chastising
correction
penalisingUK
penalizingUS
punishing
fining
imprisonment
“Do the crime and punishment by the justice system will more than likely follow.”
Noun
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Rough treatment or handling
impact
beating
force
battering
buffeting
drubbing
hammering
pounding
pummeledUS
pummellingUK
thrashing
thumping
bashing
belting
hiding
pummeling
walloping
whipping
knocking
lashing
roughing up
rough handling
rough treatment
beating up
doing over
flogging
caning
scourging
tanning
birching
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“The walls of the little cottage would absorb severe punishment in the tempestuous conditions.”
Noun
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The abuse or mistreatment of someone or something
abuse
maltreatment
mauling
mistreatment
manhandling
mishandling
misuse
damage
harm
impugnment
injury
ill treatment
ill use
bad treatment
ill-treatment
ill-use
ill usage
bullying
persecution
beating
cruelty
molestation
hurt
neglect
torture
violation
injustice
ill-usage
rough handling
hammer
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“This machine was not designed to take the sort of punishment it has been subjected to.”
Noun
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The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court for a particular offense
sentence
penalty
ruling
judgmentUS
judgementUK
decree
verdict
finding
condemnation
conviction
pronouncement
decision
determination
censure
holding
order
dictum
edict
the book
sending up the river
deferment
imprisonment
suspended sentence
deferred sentence
condemning
opinion
declaration of guilt
determining guilt
pronouncement of guilt
conclusion
more ❯
Noun
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Revenge exacted for an insult, injury, or other wrong
vengeance
retribution
reprisal
revenge
retaliation
requital
repayment
payback
counterblow
comeback
comeuppance
satisfaction
counterstroke
ultion
avengement
avenging
nemesis
wrath
return
vengefulness
getting even
lex talionis
tit for tat
an eye for an eye
retributive justice
measure for measure
blow for blow
eye for an eye
settling of scores
evening of score
settling of score
a Roland for an Oliver
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
quid pro quo
a taste of your own medicine
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Noun
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Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of one's background or beliefs
persecution
torment
abuse
oppression
maltreatment
victimisationUK
victimizationUS
torture
tyranny
mistreatment
subjugation
tyrannization
suffering
affliction
subjection
ill-treatment
ill treatment
ill usage
martyrdom
crucifixion
execution
ordeal
killing
cruelty
cruciation
harsh treatment
infliction of pain
Noun
▲
The consequence of an action, irrespective of good or bad
reward
consequence
comeuppance
result
aftermath
by-product
corollary
fallout
outcome
ramification
repercussion
resultant
retribution
pay back
just deserts
effect
upshot
product
issue
sequel
conclusion
outgrowth
aftereffect
backwash
development
precipitate
sequence
fate
child
produce
more ❯
Noun
▲
A disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine punishment
visitation
catastrophe
blight
calamity
disaster
ordeal
affliction
bane
scourge
cataclysm
curse
pestilence
plague
retribution
tragedy
trial
infliction
penalty
vengeance
adversity
distress
pain
trouble
nuisance
misery
torment
pest
evil
misfortune
burden
more ❯
Noun
▲
Severe criticism or treatment
stick
abuse
blame
criticism
flak
castigation
censure
chastisement
condemnation
reproach
reproof
hostility
knocking
verbal
animadversion
denigration
fault-finding
slagging
a bashing
a bawling-out
a caning
an earful
a roasting
a rocket
a rollicking
a wigging
a bollocking
a row
critical remarks
denunciation
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something regarded as a load or burden, typically figuratively
yoke
strain
albatross
encumbrance
millstone
burden
load
stress
affliction
liability
weight
drain
pressure
tax
cross to bear
ball and chain
thorn in one's side
worry
problem
misfortune
anxiety
difficulty
grievance
sorrow
tribulation
onus
trouble
obligation
duty
drag
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Noun
▲
The act of inflicting or something inflicted
infliction
administration
exaction
imposition
perpetration
administering
application
delivering
inflicting
applying
castigation
pain
visitation
wreaking
dealing out
meting out
serving out
enforcement
enforcing
execution
effectuation
implementation
exercise
imposing
prosecution
exacting
provision
discharge
enactment
fulfilmentUK
operation
fulfillmentUS
practice
employment
use
carrying out
utilizationUS
accomplishment
play
exertion
putting into practice
utilisationUK
appliance
usage
performance
pursuance
effect
realizationUS
fulfilling
praxis
usance
realisationUK
putting into operation
action
achievement
effecting
commission
exercising
carrying through
contrivance
performing
purpose
force
active
pursuit
operationalization
law
effectiveness
lawfulness
legality
legitimacy
validity
adoption
authenticity
legal acceptability
enjoyment
maneuveringUS
mobilisationUK
mobilizationUS
management
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Noun
▲
(religion) A state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinner passes after death
perdition
hell
Hades
hellfire
netherworld
Tophet
abyss
inferno
underworld
hades
Pandemonium
condemnation
purgatory
damnation
Abaddon
suffering
pit
affliction
Gehenna
infernal regions
eternal punishment
lower world
nether world
bottomless pit
everlasting fire
fire and brimstone
spiritual destruction
everlasting punishment
place of torment
loss of the soul
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Noun
▲
Great embarrassment and shame
mortification
control
subjugation
chastening
controlling
discipline
subduing
suppression
abasement
denial
denying
disciplining
restraint
Noun
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The carrying out or undergoing of a sentence of death
execution
killing
hanging
beheading
capital punishment
gallows
gibbet
guillotine
noose
rope
scaffold
chair
decapitation
drop
electrocution
noyade
the rope
crucifixion
death penalty
firing squad
gassing
guillotining
hit
impalement
shooting
slaying
strangling
strangulation
the death penalty
the guillotine
the noose
the scaffold
electric chair
necktie party
the electric chair
being put to death
contract killing
lethal injection
rub out
the firing squad
putting to death
the death sentence
more ❯
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