just deserts
desert
reap
exaction
recompense
masochist
just reward
guerdon
receive
reap what one sows
get
mirror punishment
restitution
victimize
punishability
punishable
punishing
disciplinary
have it coming
vouchsafe
granting
vicarious punishment
example
spare
deterrent example
lesson
object lesson
wages
deserving
payoff
price on someone's head
forfeit
get it
forfeiture
reward
wet noodle
reprisable
comeuppance
condign
ransom
redeemably
justice
Molochize
recompensing
offering
penal
rewardably
punishableness
exchange
take it out of
mispunish
bote
visitation
group punishment
meritable
bet
retribute
avengement
bounty
compensation
nemesis
token payment
turn the other cheek
remissful
merit
premium
and your little dog too
requite
alterable
plume
incur
retributive
punishably
sentence
take
repayment
punishment
consolation
penalised
pseudosacrifice
throw something in someone's face
compensational
code red
recompensate
mortgage
compensationary
give
chastisable
punny
collateral
indemnification
punishable
punishing
disciplinary
deserving
reprisable
condign
penal
meritable
remissful
alterable
retributive
penalised
compensational
compensationary
chastisable
collateral
redeemably
rewardably
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just deserts
desert
exaction
masochist
just reward
guerdon
mirror punishment
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restitution
punishability
granting
vicarious punishment
example
deterrent example
lesson
object lesson
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payoff
price on someone's head
forfeit
forfeiture
reward
wet noodle
comeuppance
justice
recompensing
offering
punishableness
exchange
bote
visitation
group punishment
avengement
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premium
plume
sentence
repayment
punishment
consolation
pseudosacrifice
code red
punny
indemnification
reap
recompense
receive
reap what one sows
get
victimize
have it coming
vouchsafe
spare
get it
ransom
Molochize
take it out of
mispunish
bet
retribute
bounty
reward
turn the other cheek
requite
incur
take
throw something in someone's face
recompensate
mortgage
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noun
- That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.
- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- Any barren place or situation.
verb
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
adj
verb
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- get something; come into possession of
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- register (perceptual input)
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- accept as true or valid
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- convert into sounds or pictures
- experience as a reaction
- have or give a reception
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
- regard favorably or with disapproval
verb
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- go or come after and bring or take back
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- take vengeance on or get even
- achieve a point or goal
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- give certain properties to something
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- attract and fix
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- reach by calculation
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- purchase
- perceive by hearing
- suffer from the receipt of
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- reach and board
- irritate
- evoke an emotional response
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- overcome or destroy
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- make (offspring) by reproduction
noun
noun
- That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
- A process of compensation for losses.
- The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour.
- The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
- A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
adj
- For the purpose of imposing punishment.
- Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
- We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author.
- Of or relating to an academic field of study.
noun
verb
- To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
- To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
- To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
- (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
- To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
- To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
- To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
- To desist; to stop; to refrain.
adj
- Not occupied or in current use.
- Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
- Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
- Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
- Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
- Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
- Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
noun
- Parsimony; frugal use.
- An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
- A superfluous or second-best person.
- The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
- assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
- A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
- The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
- A spare part, especially a spare tire.
- The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
- That which has not been used or expended.
noun
- the act of giving something in return for something received
- chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
- (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
- (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
verb
- give to, and receive from, one another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
noun
- A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
- An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.
- An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.
- The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
- The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
- An encounter with supernatural beings such as ghosts or aliens.
- An official visit to inspect or examine something.
verb
- To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
- To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
- To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
prep
noun
- A degree of certainty.
- A candidate (for elections and pageants).
- A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
intj
verb
noun
- A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
- Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
- A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
- An abundance or wealth.
- Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
- Something given liberally; a gift.
noun
- A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided; (an instance of) retribution.
- An enemy, especially an archenemy.
- The personification of the "fatal flaw" of a dramatic hero in the style of Greek tragedy.
- The principle of retributive justice.
- A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character, as an agent of that character's fate or destiny, especially within a narrative.
- Polar opposite, especially of a literary character.
noun
- A claim to commendation or a reward.
- Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
- A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
- Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
- The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
verb
noun
- payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
- payment for insurance
- the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value
- a fee charged for exchanging currencies
- a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.
adj
noun
- A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
- The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
- Things resembling a feather.
- More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
- The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
- A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
- An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
- A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
- An upward spray of mist or water.
verb
- To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate.
- Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
- Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something).
- To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
noun
- A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation.
- The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
- A formula with no free variables.
verb
verb
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
- To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.
- To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner.
- To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, something, in, someone, face.
- To reject some act in a spiteful manner.
verb
verb
- To pledge and make liable; to make subject to obligation; to achieve an immediate result by paying for it in the long term.
- To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
noun
verb
- inflict as a punishment
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- be the cause or source of
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- convey or reveal information
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- organize or be responsible for
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- give as a present; make a gift of
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- dedicate
- give or supply
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- bring about
- leave with; give temporarily
- emit or utter
- endure the loss of
- place into the hands or custody of
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- give (as medicine)
- give or convey physically
- bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- execute and deliver
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- afford access to
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- propose
- accord by verdict
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- allow to have or take
- occur
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- proffer (a body part)
noun
adj
- Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
- Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- Acting in an indirect way.
- Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
- Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
- Coming or directed along the side.
noun
- Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
- A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
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