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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| avenging | x/x | Noun |
| just | / | Noun, Adjective |
| reciprocal | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| retribution | xx/x | Noun |
| redistributive | xx/xx | Adjective |
| punitive | /xx | Adjective |
| privation | x/x | Noun |
| victimization | xxx/x | Noun |
| distributive | x/xx | Adjective |
| wrathful | /x | Adjective |
| redemptive | x/x | Adjective |
| restorative | x/xx | Adjective |
| remedial | x/xx | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| retaliatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| gainful | /x | Noun |
| justificatory | xxxxxx | Adjective |
| vengeful | /x | Adjective |
| interrogative | xx/xx | Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| wrongdoer | //x | Noun |
| selfsame | // | Adjective |
| vengeance | /x | Noun |
| recompense | /xx | Noun |
| contrastive | x/x | Adjective |
| reparative | /xx | Adjective |
| sentencing | /xx | Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| karmic | /x | Adjective |
| arbitral | /xx | Noun |
| judgmental | x/x | Adjective |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective |
| justice | /x | Noun |
| righteousness | /xx | Noun |
| justifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| providence | /xx | Noun |
| genocide | /xx | Noun |
| wrath | / | Noun |
| deterrent | x/x | Noun |
| receivers | x/x | Noun |
| killing | /x | Noun |
| rationale | xx/ | Noun |
| emotions | x/x | Noun |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| violence | /xx | Noun |
| urge | / | Noun |
| sanctions | /x | Noun |
| theory | /x | Noun |
| anger | /x | Noun |
| sentiments | /xx | Noun |
| hatred | /x | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| desert | /x | Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun |
| grounds | / | Noun |
| impulse | /x | Noun |
| judgments | /x | Noun |
| morality | x/xx | Noun |
| logic | /x | Noun |
| paradigm | /xx | Noun |
| theorists | /xx | Noun |
| desires | x/x | Noun |
| theology | x/xx | Noun |
| fate | / | Noun |
| view | / | Noun |
| aesthetic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| consequentialist | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| irrational | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| juridical | /xxx | Adjective |
| normative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pragmatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| regulative | /xxx | Adjective |
| repressive | x/x | Adjective |
| soteriological | x/xx/xx | Adjective |
| teleological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| unifying | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| universalistic | xx/x/x | Adjective |
| utilitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
