Nemesis and Penalty

Nemesis

Nemesis noun - Suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense.

Usage example: social ostracism was once society's nemesis for those who defied its sexual mores

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Penalty and nemesis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penalty" instead a noun "Nemesis".

Penalty noun - Suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense.

Usage example: in some cases, the new penalties for drug offenses were harsher than those for violent crimes

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Nemesis and penalty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nemesis" instead a noun "Penalty".

special	special nemesis	special penalty
usual	usual nemesis	usual penalty
proper	proper nemesis	proper penalty
actual	actual nemesis	actual penalty
Other adjectives: real, personal, ultimate, major, minor, worst, last.

In the third film of the Jack Slater film series, the Show Within a Show of Last Action Hero, Slater's nemesis the Ripper was only given ten years in prison rather than the death penalty because an illegal search by Slater rendered the murder weapon inadmissible in court.

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