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Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life..

Guilty :: Guilty (superl.) Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment..

Penally :: Penally (adv.) In a penal manner.

Expiate :: Expiate (v. t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin..

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Beast :: Beast (n.) A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc..

Corrective :: Corrective (a.) Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties..

Forfete :: Forfete (v. i.) To incur a penalty; to transgress.

Praemunire :: Praemunire (n.) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom..

Discipline :: Discipline (v. t.) To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

Indemnification :: Indemnification (n.) The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified..

Doom :: Doom (v. t.) Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

Penalty :: Penalty (n.) Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass..

Amercement :: Amercement (n.) The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.].

Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle..

Penalize :: Penalize (v. t.) To make penal.

Adultery :: Adultery (n.) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.

Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.

Danger :: Danger (n.) Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty.

Mulctuary :: Mulctuary (a.) Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine..

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