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repayment collapse: payment of a debt or obligation

misdeed collapse

felony collapse: a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

tort collapse: (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

contort collapse: twist and press out of shape

wreak havoc collapse

knock about collapse

scathe collapse

misapply collapse: apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"

sin collapse: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will; violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"; estrangement from god; the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet; (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna; commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law; commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"

reprisal collapse: a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

misdemeanor collapse: a crime less serious than a felony

illogical collapse: lacking in correct logical relation

mishandle collapse

molest collapse: harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

damages collapse: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

infect collapse: contaminate with a disease or microorganism; communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"; affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"; contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"

peccadillo collapse

misconstruction collapse: an ungrammatical constituent

live down collapse

impair collapse: make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"

reimburse collapse: pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?"

expiation collapse: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

misquote collapse: quote incorrectly; "He had misquoted the politician"

rectification collapse: determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve; the conversion of alternating current to direct current; (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation

iniquity collapse: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

bewitch collapse

bruise collapse: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration; damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"; break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"; injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

disabuse collapse: free somebody (from an erroneous belief)

malfeasance collapse: wrongful conduct by a public official

blood money collapse: paid to a hired murderer; a reward for information about a murderer; compensation paid to the family of a murdered person

persecute collapse: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

injure collapse: cause injuries or bodily harm to

transgress collapse: pass beyond (limits or boundaries); act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"; spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"

revenge collapse: take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"

put right collapse

requital collapse: an act of requiting; returning in kind

atonement collapse: compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"

offsetting collapse

unproved collapse: not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"

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