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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..

Unlaw :: Unlaw (n.) A fine imposed as a penalty for violation of the law.

Amerce :: Amerce (v. t.) To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars..

Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..

Suffer :: Suffer (v. i.) To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death..

Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.

Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.

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.].

Pardonable :: Pardonable (a.) Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit..

Release :: Release (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance..

Incur :: Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc..

Guilt :: Guilt (v. t.) Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.

Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) An official warrant of remission of penalty.

Operative :: Operative (a.) Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty..

Expiation :: Expiation (n.) The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.

Subpoenal :: Subpoena (v. t.) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience..

Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error..

Condemn :: Condemn (v. t.) To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Quit :: Quit (a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit..

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