HyperDic: penalty

English > 4 senses of the word *penalty*:
NOUN	act	penalty, punishment, penalization, penalisation	the act of punishing
	possession	penalty	a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
	attribute	penalty	the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition
	attribute	penalty	(games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game / game

penalty > pronunciation
Sounds	peh'nahltiy
Rhymes	ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...

English > *penalty*: 4 senses > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of punishing.
Synonyms	punishment, penalization, penalisation
Narrower	castigation, chastisement	verbal punishment
	corporal punishment	The infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
	cruel and unusual punishment	punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution
	detention	A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
	discipline, correction	The act of punishing
	economic strangulation	punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them
	imprisonment	putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful / lawful / lawful punishment
	music, medicine	punishment for one's actions
	penance, self-mortification, self-abasement	Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
	self-punishment	punishment inflicted on yourself
	stick	threat of a penalty
Broader	social control	Control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
Spanish	castigo, penalización, pena
Catalan	càstig, penalització, pena, puniment
Verbs	penalise	impose a penalty on

English > *penalty*: 4 senses > noun 2, possession
Meaning	A payment required for not fulfilling a contract.
Narrower	fine, mulct, amercement	money extracted as a penalty
	forfeit, forfeiture	A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
	retribution, requital	A justly deserved penalty
Broader	payment	A sum of money paid or a claim discharged
Spanish	multa, penalización
Catalan	multa

English > *penalty*: 4 senses > noun 3, attribute
Meaning	The disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition.
Example	"neglected his health and paid the penalty"
Broader	disadvantage	The quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
Opposite	advantage, reward	benefit resulting from some event or action
Spanish	castigo, penalización, sanción
Catalan	penalización, sanció

English > *penalty*: 4 senses > noun 4, attribute
Meaning	(games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game / game.
Category	game	A contest with rules to determine a winner
Narrower	game misconduct	(ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game / game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player)
Broader	handicap	advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning

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