Definitions for penalty
ˈpɛn l tipenal·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisationnoun

   the act of punishing

2. penaltynoun

   a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

3. penaltynoun

   the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition

   "neglected his health and paid the penalty"

4. penaltynoun

   (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. penaltynoun

   A legal sentence.

   The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.

2. penaltynoun

   A punishment for violating rules of procedure.

3. penaltynoun

   A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.

4. penaltynoun

   A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box.

5. penaltynoun

   A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.

   A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Penalty, Penalitynoun

   Etymology: from penalité, old French.

   1. Punishment; censure; judicial infliction.

   Many of the ancients denied the Antipodes, and some unto the penality of contrary affirmations; but the experience of navigations, can now assert them beyond all dubitation. Brown.

   Political power is a right of making laws with penalties of death, and consequently all less penalties, for preserving property, and employing the force of the community in the execution of laws. John Locke.

   Beneath her footstool, science groans in chains,
   And wit dreads exile, penalties and pains. Dunciad.

   2. Forfeiture upon non-performance.

   Lend this money, not as to thy friend,
   But lend it rather to thine enemy,
   Who, if he break, thou may’st with better face
   Exact the penalty. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. penalty

   A penalty is a punishment imposed for violating a law, rule, or contract. It can also refer to an undesirable consequence or a disadvantage resulting from an action or situation. In sports, penalties refer to sanctions given by referees or umpires for violating game rules. In legal and financial contexts, penalties can take the form of fines, imprisonment, or other punitive measures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Penaltynoun

   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

2. Penaltynoun

   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

3. Penaltynoun

   a handicap

4. Etymology: [F. pnalit. See Penal.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Penalty

   A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for an infringement of the rules. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice, leaving them short handed as opposed to full strength. The opposing team is said to be on a power play, having one player more on the ice than the short-handed team. The short handed team is said to be "penalty killing" until the penalty expires and the penalized player returns to play. While standards vary somewhat between leagues, most leagues recognize several common degrees of penalty, as well as common infractions. The statistic used to track penalties was traditionally called "Penalty Infraction Minutes", although the alternate term "Penalties in Minutes" has become common in recent years.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Penalty

   pen′al-ti, n. punishment: suffering in person or property for wrong-doing or for breach of a law: a fine or loss which a person agrees to pay or bear in case of his non-fulfilment of some undertaking: a fine.—Under penalty of, so as to suffer, or (after a negative) without suffering the punishment of.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. penalty

   In a military sense, signifies forfeiture for non-performance, likewise punishment for embezzlement, etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Disadvantage
   • Game
   • Handicap
   • Payment
   • Social Control

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'penalty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3643

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'penalty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3936

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'penalty' in Nouns Frequency: #1159

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Anagrams for penalty »

1. aplenty

2. netplay

How to pronounce penalty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say penalty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of penalty in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of penalty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of penalty in a Sentence

1. Marius Rutkauskas:

   A man sat with his girlfriend and you could see that he started to panic. As I understood, this was the journalist. He panicked because we would be landing in Minsk. He said that the death penalty awaits him in Belarus.

2. Republican Pollster Whit Ayres:

   Bill Clinton in 1992 was running as a center-left Democrat who wanted to end welfare as we know it, he was for the death penalty, he ripped into Sister Souljah for saying we ought to have a week where we kill white people.

3. Jared Bednar:

   It's a cross-check in the lower back eight feet off the boards and puts him head-first into another player when he doesn't have the puck, to me, that's a penalty all day. ... Lucky he didn't get hurt out of that.

4. Paula Mitchell:

   Politicians get to say, 'We have the death penalty, look at all the people we have on death row,' but the delays allow them to spare the public from the gruesome act of an execution.

5. Mikey Borgard:

   I think it’s easy for folks to say that they’re anti-death penalty, until something happens to them, but I was never pro-death penalty in this case.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=penalty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Penalty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=penalty
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalty
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=penalty
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=penalty
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=penalty