punishment

result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, ergotism, illation; corollary, porism; moral., estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication; dijudication, adjudication; arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration; assessment, ponderation; valorization., award, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report., decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree; res judicata., plebiscite, voice, casting vote; vote (choice); opinion (belief); good judgment (wisdom)., judge, umpire; arbiter, arbitrator; assessor, referee; censor, reviewer, critic; connoisseur; commentator; inspector, inspecting officer.

judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one's mind., deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween., form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon (believe); review; size up, settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; decide, try, pronounce rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment, deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm (assent)., comment, criticize; pass under review (examine); investigate (inquire)., hold the scales, sit in judgment; try a cause, hear a cause.

judging; judicious (wise); determinate, conclusive.

on the whole, all things considered.

reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon, reguerdon; price; indemnity, indemnification; compensation, reparation, redress; quittance; retribution, reckoning, acknowledgement, requital, amends, sop; atonement; consideration, return, quid pro quo; salvage, perquisite; vail (donation); douceur, bribe; hush money, smart money; blackmail; carcelage; solatium., allowance, salary, stipend, wages; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta, shot, scot; premium; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi, dustoori; mileage., crown (decoration of honor).

reward, recompense, repay, requite; remunerate, munerate; compensate; fee; pay one's footing (pay) [more]; make amends, indemnify, atone; satisfy, acknowledge., get for one's pains, reap the fruits of.

remunerative, remuneratory; munerary, compensatory, retributive, reparatory.

scourge, rod, cane, stick; ratan, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok; rod in pickle; switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon., whip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout; cat, cat o'nine tails; rope's end., pillory, stocks, whipping post; cucking stool, ducking stool; brank; trebuchet, trebuket., triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel., treadmill, crank, galleys., scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring; death chair, electric chair; mecate., house of correction (prison)., goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner; lyncher; hangman; headsman; Jack Ketch.

retaliation, reprisal, retort; counterstroke, counterblast, counterplot, counterproject; retribution, lex talionis; reciprocation (reciprocity)., tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof valiant, retort courteous., recrimination (accusation); revenge; compensation; reaction (recoil).

retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back; pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate; turn the tables upon, return the compliment; give a quid pro quo, give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets; give and take, exchange fisticuffs; be quits, be even with; pay off old scores., serve one right, be hoist on one's own petard, throw a stone in one's own garden, catch a Tartar.

retaliating; retaliatory, retaliative; talionic.

in retaliation; en revanche.