Retribution
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DUE
That which is deserved or owed; "give the devil his due"

PAY
Dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"

UTU
Sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash

4 letters

PAYB

MEED
A fitting reward

PAIN
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

5 letters

PAINS
An effortful attempt to attain a goal

PRICE
The high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies"

TRIAL
The act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

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AMENDS
Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends"

AVENGE
Take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"

DESERT
Arid land with little or no vegetation

FERULE
A switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children

REFUND
The act of returning money received previously

RETURN
The act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

REWARD
An act performed to strengthen approved behavior

7 letters

DAMAGES
A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

DESERTS
An outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved

GUERDON
A reward or payment

JUSTICE
Judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

PAYMENT
The act of paying money

PENALTY
The act of punishing

REDRESS
Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

SALVAGE
The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire

SCOURGE
A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

WERGILD

WHATFOR
A strong reprimand

NEMESIS
(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance

PAYBACK
Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

REVENGE
Action taken in return for an injury or offense

STYPSIS
The ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids

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REQUITAL
A justly deserved penalty

AVENGING

JUDGMENT
The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

PENOLOGY
The branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation

PUNITION

REPRISAL
A retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

REVANCHE

SANCTION
A mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

SOLATIUM

SQUARING

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ATONEMENT
The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

INDEMNITY
Legal exemption from liability for damages

QUITTANCE
Payment of a debt or obligation

RECKONING
The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

REPAYMENT
The act of returning money received previously

WHATISDUE

VENGEANCE
The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"

JUDGEMENT
The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

10 letters

AFFLICTION
A cause of great suffering and distress

AVENGEMENT

CHASTENING
A rebuke for making a mistake

BLOODMONEY
Paid to a hired murderer

CORRECTION
The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

DISCIPLINE
A system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine"; "for such a plan to work requires discipline";

HONORARIUM
A fee paid for a nominally free service

INFLICTION
An act causing pain or damage

MAKINGGOOD

PAYINGBACK
A reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"

PUNISHMENT
The act of punishing

QUIDPROQUO
Something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises

RECOMPENSE
The act of compensating for service or loss or injury

REPARATION
Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends"

SMARTMONEY
People who are highly experienced or who have inside information; "the smart money said Truman would lose the election"

VISITATION
An official visit for inspection or supervision; "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"

11 letters

CASTIGATION
Verbal punishment

COMEUPPANCE
An outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved

COUNTERBLOW
A return blow; a retaliatory blow

EYEFORANEYE

JUSTDESERTS
An outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

REQUITEMENT

RESTITUTION
The act of restoring something to its original state

RETALIATION
Action taken in return for an injury or offense

RETRIBUTION
The act of correcting for your wrongdoing

TRIBULATION
An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"

12 letters

CHASTISEMENT
Verbal punishment

COMPENSATION
The act of compensating for service or loss or injury

REMUNERATION
The act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses; "adequate remuneration for his work"

SATISFACTION
Act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; "the satisfaction of their demand for better services"

13 letters

CONSIDERATION
Kind and considerate regard for others; "he showed no consideration for her feelings"

REIMBURSEMENT
Compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses"

WHATISMERITED

ANEYEFORANEYE

15 letters

INDEMNIFICATION
An act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance

16 letters

PENALRETRIBUTION

17 letters

CONDIGNPUNISHMENT

PAINANDPUNISHMENT

18 letters

JUDICIALPUNISHMENT

RETRIBUTIVEJUSTICE

19 letters

PAINSANDPUNISHMENTS

20 letters

DISCIPLINARYMEASURES

22 letters

WELLDESERVEDPUNISHMENT