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pain

Punishment suffered or denounced suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime or connected with the commission of

Damage, Malicious

Damage, Malicious. Punishable by the (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law'), arson, and injuries to mines, cattle,

Cyphonism

A punishment sometimes used by the ancients consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey and exposing him to

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Penalty

Penal retribution punishment for crime or offense the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision

resentence

resentence : to sentence again

retribution

retribution : punishment imposed (as on a convicted criminal) for purposes of repayment or revenge for the wrong committed

Elinguation

Elinguation, the punishment of cutting out the tongue.

Bible

Bible. For punishment of persons (brought up, etc., as Christian) denying 'the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to

Damned

Sentenced to punishment in a future state condemned consigned to perdition

Sentence

Sense meaning significance

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