Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Penalty

Nouns
  • penalty
  • retribution etc. (punishment) Punishment
  • pain, pains and penalties
  • weregild, wergild
  • penance etc. (atonement) Atonement
  • the devil to pay. fine, mulct, amercement
  • forfeit, forfeiture
  • escheat [Law], damages, deodand, sequestration, confiscation
  • doomage [U.S.].
Verbs
  • fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate
  • sequestrate, sequester
  • escheat [Law]
  • estreat, forfeit.