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penalty::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | penalisation, penalization, punishment |
| Type of | social control |
| Has types | discipline, detention, cruel and unusual punishment, imprisonment, medicine, correction, music, corporal punishment, penance, chastisement, castigation, self-abasement, self-mortification, self-punishment, stick, economic strangulation |
| Derivation | penalise |
penalty::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | payment |
| Has types | retribution, requital, mulct, fine, forfeiture, forfeit, amercement |
penalty::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | handicap |
| Has types | game misconduct |
penalty::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | disadvantage |
neglected his health and paid the penalty.
Examples of penalty
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The Blues'Ian Cole is whistled for another Blues penalty, for holding the stick.
From the stltoday.com
Hiebert, also a defenseman, had 11 points and 191 penalty minutes, in 1999-2000.
From the kansas.com
Many comments demanded the death penalty for anyone caught trafficking children.
From the online.wsj.com
In Maryland, it was Amnesty International and an ardent death penalty coalition.
From the theatlantic.com
Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
From the cnn.com
The Class D felony carries a penalty of up to five years in prison, McGaha said.
From the cnn.com
Any plea agreement precluding the death penalty also must be approved by Holder.
From the cnn.com
Davis draws a 15-yard penalty for his reaction, during the Chiefs'31-10 victory.
From the kentucky.com
Exell went clear but slightly over the time allowed, adding 3.52 penalty points.
From the kentucky.com
- Punishment: the act of punishing
- A payment required for not fulfilling a contract
- The disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty"
- (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
- In American football and Canadian football, a penalty is a sanction called against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. Officials initially signal penalties by tossing a bright yellow colored "penalty flag" onto the field toward or at the spot of a foul. ...
- Penalty (BM&F Bovespa: CAMB4) is a sporting goods company established in 1970 in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. The brand is operated by its owner and creator, Grupo Cambucci.
- Penal damages are best seen as quantitatively excessive liquidated damages and are invalid under the common law. ...
- A penalty kick (or penalty) is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres) out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.
- In the sport of golf, a penalty or penalty stroke is an additional stroke or strokes added to a player's score for an infraction of the rules. In match play, rather than adding strokes, the usual penalty is loss of the hole except for penalties assessed for relief from a hazard or a lost ball.
