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Penalize

Penalize Meaning & Definition
Penalize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Penalize?

[v] impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Penalize: penalise | punish

Related Terms | Find terms related to Penalize: acquit | amerce | anathematize | attaint | blacklist | bring home to | bring to account | bring to book | call to account | castigate | censure | chasten | chastise | condemn | convict | correct | damn | deal with | denounce | denunciate | discipline | doom | excommunicate | find guilty | fine | handicap | inflict upon | judge | masthead | mulct | pass sentence | pass sentence on | pillory | pronounce judgment | pronounce sentence | proscribe | punish | sentence | settle with | square accounts | take to task | visit upon

See Also | amerce | approximate | avenge | castigate | correct | discipline | estimate | execute | gauge | guess | judge | pillory | put to death | retaliate | revenge | scourge | sort out | tar-and-feather | victimise | victimize

Penalize In Webster's Dictionary

\Pe"nal*ize\, v. t. 1. To make penal. 2. (Sport.) To put a penalty on. See {Penalty}, 3. [Eng.]

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