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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| vengeance | /x | Noun, Noun |
| revenge | x/ | Noun |
| retaliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| reprisal | x/x | Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| wrath | / | Noun |
| payback | /x | Noun |
| betrayal | x/x | Noun |
| banishment | /xx | Noun |
| retributive | x/xx | Adjective |
| persecution | xx/x | Noun |
| vindictiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| annihilation | xxx/x | Noun |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| transgression | x/x | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| vindication | xx/x | Noun |
| expiation | /xxx | Noun |
| recompense | /xx | Noun |
| expulsion | x/x | Noun |
| recrimination | xxx/x | Noun |
| humiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| condemnation | xx/x | Noun |
| denunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| extortion | x/x | Noun |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| redemption | x/x | Noun |
| reconciliation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| repentance | x/x | Noun |
| chastisement | x/x | Noun |
| reckoning | /xx | Noun |
| lynching | /x | Noun |
| wrongdoing | /xx | Noun |
| forgiveness | x/x | Noun |
| damnation | x/x | Noun |
| violence | /xx | Noun |
| deterrence | x/x | Noun |
| infliction | x/x | Noun |
| reparation | xx/x | Noun |
| victimization | xxx/x | Noun |
| harassment | x/x | Noun |
| hatred | /x | Noun |
| fear | / | Noun |
| repudiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| ostracism | /xxx | Noun |
| scapegoating | /xx | Noun |
| bloodshed | /x | Noun |
| justice | /x | Noun |
| penance | /x | Noun |
| reprimand | /xx | Noun |
| subjugation | /x/x | Noun |
| injustice | x/x | Noun |
| treachery | /xx | Noun |
| intimidation | xxx/x | Noun |
| gratification | xxx/x | Noun |
| anguish | /x | Noun |
| atonement | x/x | Noun |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| perpetration | /x/x | Noun |
| excommunication | xxxx/x | Noun |
| revengeful | x/x | Adjective |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| hostility | x/xx | Noun |
| rebuke | x/ | Noun |
| backlash | /x | Noun |
| ruination | /x/x | Noun |
| outrage | /x | Noun |
| malevolence | x/xx | Noun |
| redress | x/ | Noun |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| death | / | Noun |
| deliverance | x/xx | Noun |
| transgressors | x/x | Noun |
| offender | x/x | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| fury | /x | Noun |
| killing | /x | Noun |
| censure | /x | Noun |
| compensation | xx/x | Noun |
| obliteration | xxx/x | Noun |
| torment | /x | Noun |
| provocation | xx/x | Noun |
| reward | x/ | Noun |
| vendetta | x/x | Noun |
| nemesis | /xx | Noun |
| corporal punishment | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun |
| mayhem | /x | Noun |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| capital punishment | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| crucifixion | xx/x | Noun |
| brutality | x/xx | Noun |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| hard labor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| depredation | xx/x | Noun |
| stroke | / | Noun |
| blackmail | /x | Noun |
| injury | /xx | Noun |
| tort | / | Noun |
| appeal | x/ | Noun |
| threat | / | Noun |
| death penalty | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun |
| compulsion | x/x | Noun |
| hate crime | // | Phrase, Noun |
| karmic | /x | Adjective |
| incapacitation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| overtakes | /xx | Verb |
| exacting | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| merited | /xx | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Noun |
| deserved | x/ | Adjective |
| defrauded | x/x | Verb |
| swift | / | Adjective |
| divine | x/ | Adjective |
| assent | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun, Verb |
| fee | / | Noun, Verb |
| impunity | x/xx | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| pay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| payment | /x | Noun |
| remuneration | xxx/x | Noun |
| restitution | xx/x | Noun |
| sanction | /x | Noun, Verb |
| scolding | /x | Noun |
| stipend | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
