Engelsk navneord: penalty |
1. | penalty (om handling) the act of punishing |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | penalisation, penalization, punishment |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | social control |
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| Mere specifikke termer | castigation, chastisement, corporal punishment, correction, cruel and unusual punishment, detention, discipline, economic strangulation, imprisonment, medicine, music, penance, self-abasement, self-mortification, self-punishment, stick |
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2. | penalty (om forhold) a payment required for not fulfilling a contract |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | payment |
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| Mere specifikke termer | amercement, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, requital, retribution |
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3. | penalty (om egenskab) the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Neglected his health and paid the penalty.
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| Mindre specifikke termer | disadvantage |
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| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | advantage, reward |
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4. | penalty (om egenskab) (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | handicap |
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| Mere specifikke termer | game misconduct |
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| Overordnet emneområde | game |
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