Noun
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.
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.
A handicap.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. Plato
The frame wearied with labours lies prostrate on the ground, but it is no penalty to lie down with Christ. Your limbs unbathed, are foul and disfigured with filth and dirt; but within they are spiritually cleansed, although without the flesh is defiled. Cyprian
The hairsplitting difference between formed and unformed makes no difference to us. Whoever deliberately commits abortion is subject to the penalty for homicide. Basil of Caesarea
The pardon may be more severe than the penalty. Norwegian Proverb
Make too much haste and pay the penalty. Latin Proverb
Advisers get away with it. They never have to pay the penalty for their advice. American Proverb