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Damnation :: Damnation (n.) A sin deserving of everlasting punishment.

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc..

Felony :: Felony (n.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt..

Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution..

Commination :: Commination (n.) A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.

Animadvert :: Animadvert (v. i.) To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.

Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment..

Fine :: Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct..

Sword :: Sword (n.) Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison..

Restorationist :: Restorationist (n.) One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.

Amenable :: Amenable (a.) Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law..

Baculine :: Baculine (a.) Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.

Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment..

Arbitrary :: Arbitrary (a.) Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land..

Colt :: Colt (n.) A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.

Infliction :: Infliction (n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc..

Justice :: Justice (a.) The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.

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