| NOUN | act | penalty, punishment, penalization, penalisation | the act of punishing |
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| possession | penalty | a payment required for not fulfilling a contract | |
| attribute | penalty | the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition | |
| attribute | penalty | (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game / game |
| Sounds | peh'nahltiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | A payment required for not fulfilling a contract. | |
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| Narrower | fine, mulct, amercement | money extracted as a penalty |
| forfeit, forfeiture | A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something | |
| retribution, requital | A justly deserved penalty | |
| Broader | payment | A sum of money paid or a claim discharged |
| Catalan | multa | |
| Meaning | The disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition. | |
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| Example | "neglected his health and paid the penalty" | |
| Broader | disadvantage | The quality of having an inferior or less favorable position |
| Opposite | advantage, reward | benefit resulting from some event or action |
| Catalan | sanció | |
| Spanish | sanción | |
| Meaning | (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game / game. | |
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| Category | game | A contest with rules to determine a winner |
| Narrower | game misconduct | (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game / game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player) |
| Broader | handicap | advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning |