The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PENANCE , but the solution may also be SENTENCE which is one of the most recent solution (1997 in USA Today).
Punishment crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PENANCE | 25 % | 7 |
| RAP | 25 % | 3 |
| SCOURGE | 25 % | 7 |
| SENTENCE | 25 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Punishment
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- penalty
- penalization
- penalisation
- punishability
- punitive
- penal
- punished
- punish
- crackdown
- disciplinary
- penance
- retaliation
Crossword Answer definitions
PENANCE noun- A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
- A sacrament in some Christian churches.
- Any instrument of self-punishment.
- Repentance
- Pain; sorrow; suffering
- To impose penance; to punish.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PENANCE
- Confession follow-up
- Act of contrition
- Atonement
- Sinner's punishment
- Catholic sacrament
- What a person in a hair shirt is probably doing
- Atonement for sins
- Hail Marys, often
- Catholic sacrament of confession and forgiveness
- Something to do
More clues leading to the result RAP
- Criminal charge
- Pop music style
- Snoop Doggy Dogg's music
- Certain mod music
- Gangsta __
- Hammer's genre
- Kind of sheet or session
- Knock
- Music genre
- Chat with Hammer
More clues leading to the result SCOURGE
- Source of widespread destruction
- Widespread bane
- Attila, to his enemies
- Whip
- Attila, "The ___ of God"
- Attila, to God?
- Calamity cause
- Source of devastation
- Plague
- Bane