The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ATONE which also is the latest solution we found used in King Syndicate in 2013.
Pay the penalty crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ATONE | 88 % | 5 |
| EXPIATE | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pay the penalty
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pay dearly
- get what's coming to one
- pay the price
- cost
- reap the whirlwind
- come home to roost
- have it coming
- fall on one's sword
- get it
- find out the hard way
- face the music
- learn the hard way
Crossword Answer definitions
ATONE verb- To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
- To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
- To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
- To unite in making.
- To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result ATONE
- Observe Yom Kippur
- Compensate
- Do penance
- Make amends
- Make up (for)
- Pay the penalty
- Expiate
- Make amends for
- Make up for
- Make up