About The Word Penalty
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Penalty
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What's The Definition Of Penalty?
[n] the act of punishing
[n] the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty" [n] a payment required for not fulfilling a contract Synonyms | Synonyms for Penalty: penalisation | penalization | punishment Related Terms | Find terms related to Penalty: abatement | acquittal | agio | allowance | amercement | bank discount | breakage | burden | burthen | cargo | cash discount | castigation | chain discount | charge | charge-off | chastening | chastisement | concession | condemnation | condign punishment | correction | cross | cumbrance | cut | deadweight | decision | deduction | depreciation | deserts | difficulty | disadvantage | disciplinary measures | discipline | discount | drawback | embarrassment | encumbrance | ferule | fine | forfeit | freight | hamper | handicap | impediment | impedimenta | imposition | imprisonment | incarceration | inconvenience | infliction | judgment | judicial punishment | kickback | landmark decision | load | lumber | mulct | nemesis | onus | pack | pains | pains and punishments | pay | payment | penal retribution | penalty clause | penance | penology | percentage | premium | price | price reduction | price-cut | punishment | punition | rebate | rebatement | reduction | refund | retribution | retributive justice | rollback | salvage | scourge | sentence | setoff | tare | time discount | trade discount | tret | trouble | underselling | verdict | weight | well-deserved punishment | what-for | white elephant | write-off See Also | amercement | castigation | chastisement | corporal punishment | correction | cruel and unusual punishment | detention | disadvantage | discipline | economic strangulation | fine | forfeit | forfeiture | imprisonment | medicine | mulct | music | payment | penance | requital | retribution | self-abasement | self-mortification | self-punishment | social control | stick Penalty In Webster's Dictionary \Pe"nal*ty\, n.; pl. {Penalties}. [F. p['e]nalit['e].
See {Penal}.]
1. 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.
Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton.
2. 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.
The penalty and forfeit of my bond. --Shak.
3. A handicap. [Sporting Cant]
Note: The term penalty is in law mostly applied to a
pecuniary punishment.
{Bill of pains and penalties}. See under {Bill}.
{On}, or {Under}, {penalty of}, on pain of; with exposure to
the penalty of, in case of transgression.
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