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English noun: penalty | |||
| 1. | penalty (act) the act of punishing | ||
| Synonyms | penalisation, penalization, punishment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social control | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | castigation, chastisement, corporal punishment, correction, cruel and unusual punishment, detention, discipline, economic strangulation, imprisonment, medicine, music, penance, self-abasement, self-mortification, self-punishment, stick | ||
| 2. | penalty (possession) a payment required for not fulfilling a contract | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | payment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amercement, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, requital, retribution | ||
| 3. | penalty (attribute) the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition | ||
| Samples | Neglected his health and paid the penalty. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disadvantage | ||
| Antonyms | advantage, reward | ||
| 4. | penalty (attribute) (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | handicap | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | game misconduct | ||
| Domain category | game | ||
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