Defenition of the word penalty

• Defenition of the word penalty

  • Punitive sanction taken against someone who has broken the law.
  • A free kick in football taken from 11 m in front of the goal with only the goalkeeper defending.
  • A disadvantage imposed upon a competitor or team, according to the rules of the game.
  • A legal punishment.
  • the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition: "neglected his health and paid the penalty"
  • a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
  • the act of punishing
  • (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
  • the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty"
  • the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition

Synonyms for the word penalty

• • penalization
  • punishment

Hyponyms for the word penalty

• • amercement
  • castigation
  • chastisement
  • corporal punishment
  • correction
  • cruel and unusual punishment
  • detention
  • discipline
  • economic strangulation
  • fine
  • forfeit
  • forfeiture
  • game misconduct
  • imprisonment
  • medicine
  • mulct
  • music
  • penance
  • requital
  • retribution
  • self-abasement
  • self-mortification
  • self-punishment
  • stick

Hypernyms for the word penalty

• • disadvantage
  • handicap
  • payment
  • social control

Antonyms for the word penalty

• • advantage
  • reward

Idioms for the word penalty

• • death penalty

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