14
limbo(noun, difficulty, misery, grave, agony)
11
hell(noun, place, ruin, difficulty, pain)
9
penance(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction)
7
Gehenna(noun, ruin, misery, punishment, grave)
7
abyss(noun, ruin, misery, punishment, grave)
7
inferno(noun, ruin, difficulty, misery, punishment)
7
underworld(noun, ruin, misery, punishment, grave)
6
Hades(noun, ruin, misery, punishment, grave)
6
perdition(noun, difficulty, misery, punishment, grave)
6
torture(noun, trouble, worry, abuse, pain)
5
bottomless pit(noun, expression, misery, punishment, agony)
5
infernal regions(noun, expression, misery, punishment, agony)
4
hereafter
4
horror(noun, hell)
4
agony(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
4
morass(noun, hell)
4
purgation(noun, atonement)
3
anguish(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
3
lower world(noun, expression, misery, punishment, agony)
3
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