THE NFC EAST

[MadScientist]

Also need help, thesaurus failed me (or I failed in using said thesaurus).

Wanted to use a term for paying a price or penalty through a costly and dearly held mean. I think it often includes the idea of "a pound of flesh", which I had to substitute in the above post.

Its a term that I believe with origins in religious principles. Closely related to penance, but this word would be more specifically tied to the idea of a transaction, a giving up of one thing to another person. Probably also tied to reformation, Luther and the Catholic Church. Its going to drive me nuts for a couple of hours, maybe someone here can help.

Luther vs the CC was about 'indulgences' as in the sale of indulgences (pre-payment for future sins).

Other payment words with religious connotations could be tributes or tithes.

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Luther vs the CC was about 'indulgences' as in the sale of indulgences (pre-payment for future sins).

Other payment words with religious connotations could be tributes or tithes.

All similar territory. As this day has gone on, it has occurred to me I might be thinking of an idiom. But wages of sin is the closest I can think of and that wasn't it.