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Ransom :: Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy..

Custody :: Custody (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication..

Felonry :: Felonry (n.) A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony..

Mulctuary :: Mulctuary (a.) Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine..

Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.

Inflict :: Inflict (v. t.) To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal..

Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine..

Beast :: Beast (n.) A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc..

Indemnification :: Indemnification (n.) The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified..

Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.

Corrective :: Corrective (n.) That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct..

Subpolar :: Subpoenal (a.) Required or done under penalty.

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document..

Penalties :: Penalties (pl. ) of Penalt.

Penal :: Penal (a.) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense..

Whipper :: Whipper (n.) One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping..

Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle..

Vengement :: Vengement (n.) Avengement; penal retribution; vengeance.

Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.

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