penalty

Meaning

1. A legal sentence.
2. A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
3. A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
4. In sports
5. In sports
6. A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event.

Synonyms

punishment

fine

sentence

forfeit

retribution

chastisement

discipline

penalisation

sanction

penalization

penalty kick

mulct

amercement

judgement

atonement

pain

correction

nemesis

smart money

suffering

infliction

torture

conviction

penal

forfeiture

ransom

soreness

ticket

🎫

torment

trouble

vexation

working

worsening

punitive damages

crime

toco

penalty charge

legal punishment

pecuniary punishment

pecuniary penalty

impose fines

rugby union

contract penalty

reprimand

amerce

attempt

castigation

chastening

condemnation

curse

Translations

Strafe

peine

punition

castigo

pénalité

penalty

straf

pena

sanction

ceza

punição

τιμωρία

ποινή

Bestrafung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛnəlti/

Etymology

From Middle French pénalité, from pénal, from Latin poenālis, from poena, borrowing of Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, comprising *kʷey- + *-néh₂.