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Orfgild :: Orfgild (n.) Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.

Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

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..

Punishment :: Punishment (n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention..

Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine..

Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..

Pain :: Pain (n.) To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

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

Release :: Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty..

Whipper :: Whipper (n.) One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping..

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

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..

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

Forfeiter :: Forfeiter (n.) One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.

Praemunire :: Praemunire (n.) The penalty ascribed for the offense of praemunire.

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

Save :: Save (a.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life..

Subpoenaed :: Subpoena (n.) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill..

Remission :: Remission (n.) Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc..

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

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