Learn English – Word for the punishment of sin

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What word describes karmic punishment of a sin committed? Divine punishment.

"Retribution" is close but is not "biblical enough".

"Penance" is close to what I'm looking for, but the punishment needs to be divine and from an external force.

I want to use it like:

"I did nothing to deserve this divine retribution"

I know there is a specific word for this!

Best Answer

Theomastix:

punisher of mortals sent by God; such a punishment or a divine scourge, a cause of wide or great affliction,of mortals or a disaster sent by God

Source - Grandiloquent Dictionary

Theomastix:

  • The scourge of God or appointed by God.

  • When a deity or the deities are thoroughly fed up with mankind, the result is a theomastix. Essentially, the word is a synonym of a plague or a divinely constituted punishment of mortals; such as, the Biblical flood.

Source - Encyclo,co.uk

  • Also, you can say they have been sent to the pit or tartarus.
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