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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| retribution | xx/x | Noun |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| chastisement | x/x | Noun |
| banishment | /xx | Noun |
| infliction | x/x | Noun |
| humiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| reward | x/ | Noun |
| sanction | /x | Noun |
| retaliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| reprimand | /xx | Noun |
| transgression | x/x | Noun |
| spanking | /x | Noun |
| imprisonment | x/xx | Noun |
| torture | /x | Noun |
| disobedience | xx/xx | Noun |
| penance | /x | Noun |
| infraction | x/x | Noun |
| misbehavior | xx/x | Noun |
| condemnation | xx/x | Noun |
| wrath | / | Noun |
| punitive | /xx | Adjective |
| crime | / | Noun |
| offender | x/x | Noun |
| expiation | /xxx | Noun |
| recompense | /xx | Noun |
| torment | /x | Noun |
| beatings | /x | Noun |
| revenge | x/ | Noun |
| vengeance | /x | Noun |
| flogging | /x | Noun |
| discipline | /xx | Noun |
| damnation | x/x | Noun |
| excommunication | xxxx/x | Noun |
| leniency | /xx | Noun |
| ostracism | /xxx | Noun |
| consequences | /xxx | Noun |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| payback | /x | Noun |
| expulsion | x/x | Noun |
| penitence | xx/ | Noun |
| cruelty | /x | Noun |
| injustice | x/x | Noun |
| sentencing | /xx | Noun |
| transgressor | x/x | Noun |
| scolding | /x | Noun |
| opprobrium | x/xx | Noun |
| misbehaviour | xx/x | Noun |
| deterrence | x/x | Noun |
| misconduct | x/x | Noun |
| censure | /x | Noun |
| offence | x/ | Noun |
| blasphemy | /xx | Noun |
| reprisal | x/x | Noun |
| disobeying | xx/x | Verb |
| repentance | x/x | Noun |
| wrongdoing | /xx | Noun |
| harsher | /x | Adjective |
| prosecution | xx/x | Noun |
| deviance | /xx | Noun |
| rebuke | x/ | Noun |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| abuse | x/ | Noun |
| denunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| persecution | xx/x | Noun |
| sodomy | /xx | Noun |
| deterrent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| admonishment | x/xx | Noun |
| chastening | /xx | Noun |
| enforcement | x/x | Noun |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| stigmatization | /xx/x | Noun |
| criminalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| banning | /x | Noun |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| suspension | x/x | Noun |
| treatment | /x | Noun |
| inhibition | xx/x | Noun |
| lashing | /x | Verb |
| proscription | x/x | Noun |
| imposition | xx/x | Noun |
| judging | /x | Verb |
| deportation | xx/x | Noun |
| restraining | x/x | Verb |
| purgation | //x | Noun |
| taxing | /x | Noun |
| confiscation | xx/x | Noun |
| prohibition | xx/x | Noun |
| shunning | /x | Verb |
| prevention | x/x | Noun |
| constraining | x/x | Noun |
| reinforcement | xx/x | Noun |
| taxation | x/x | Noun |
| applying | x/x | Verb |
| shaming | /x | Noun |
| victimization | xxx/x | Noun |
| adjudication | xxx/x | Noun |
| reckoning | /xx | Noun |
| explanation | xx/x | Noun |
| recrimination | xxx/x | Noun |
| characterization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| subjugation | /x/x | Noun |
| corporal | /xx | Adjective |
| counterfeiting | /xxx | Verb |
| wrongdoers | //x | Noun |
| merited | /xx | Adjective |
| nonjudicial | /x/x | Adjective |
| deserved | x/ | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Noun |
| evildoers | /xxx | Noun |
| retributive | x/xx | Adjective |
| capital | /xx | Adjective |
| inflict | x/ | Verb |
| severest | x/x | Adjective |
| stoning | /x | Verb |
| abovementioned | x/xx | Adjective |
| accounting | x/x | Noun |
| adoption | x/x | Noun |
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| assent | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| award | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| blame | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| comb | / | Noun, Verb |
| combating | x/x | Verb |
| commitment | x/x | Noun |
| committal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| consignment | x/x | Noun |
| conviction | x/x | Noun |
| corporal punishment | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| correction | x/x | Noun |
| crackdown | /x | Noun |
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cruel and unusual punishment | /x/x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| death | / | Noun |
| degrading | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| denial | x/x | Noun |
| disciplinary | /xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| disclosure | x/x | Noun |
| disincentive | xx/x | Noun |
| disposal | x/x | Noun |
| dysfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| eagle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| electromotive | xxx/x | Adjective |
| empathy | /xx | Noun |
| enactment | x/x | Noun |
| fine | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| formalized | /xx | Adjective |
| freedom | /x | Noun |
| grief | / | Noun, Verb |
| grounded | /x | Adjective |
| hardly | /x | Adverb |
| hardships | /x | Noun |
| hut | / | Noun, Verb |
| immunity | x/xx | Noun |
| impunity | x/xx | Noun |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| instrumental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| jail | / | Noun, Verb |
| justice | /x | Noun |
| medicine | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| music | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| pail | / | Noun |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| passage | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| penis | /x | Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun, Verb |
| physical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pity | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prison | /x | Noun, Verb |
| psychotherapeutic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| psychotherapy | xx/xx | Noun |
| rabbi | /x | Noun |
| rap | / | Noun, Verb |
| regret | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| regulation | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| repression | x/x | Noun |
| repressive | x/x | Adjective |
| restriction | x/x | Noun |
| room | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| sin | / | Noun, Verb |
| soda | /x | Noun |
| sorrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| suffering | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| suppress | x/ | Verb |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| tangible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| tango | /x | Noun, Verb |
| temporal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| term | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| trouble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| unpunished | x/x | Adjective |
| war | / | Noun, Verb |
| worth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
