penalty

Noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

punishment sentence penalisation penalization cost fine discipline correction drawback sanction retribution forfeiture penal term loss
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Antonyms

reward Persia Charlemagne award amnesty return
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Hypernyms

payment disadvantage handicap social control

Hyponyms

music fine medicine discipline stick imprisonment

Related terms

penal penalize penality

Phrases with the word

long lap penalty match penalty Usenet Death Penalty financial penalty extreme penalty heavy penalty

Derivatives

penalties

Anagrams

aplenty netplay

Examples

The 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

Close letter words and terms

Penaloza penalties penalties for exceeding penalty arc penalty area penalty areas