punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
(noun) the act of punishing
penalty
(noun) (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
penalty
(noun) the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; “neglected his health and paid the penalty”
penalty
(noun) a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
Source: WordNet® 3.1
penalty (plural penalties)
A legal sentence.
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
(finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
(football) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
(ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
• punition
• punishment
• sentence
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Source: Wiktionary
Pe"nal*ty, n.; pl. Penalties. Etym: [F. pénalité. See Penal.]
1. Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass. Death is the penalty imposed. Milton.
2. The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine. The penalty and forfeit of my bond. Shak.
3. A handicap. [Sporting Cant]
Note: The term penalty is in law mostly applied to a pecuniary punishment. Bill of pains and penalties. See under Bill.
– On, or Under, penalty of, on pain of; with exposure to the penalty of, in case of transgression.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
