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counterpenalty

noun

Etymology

From counter- + penalty.

  1. derived from *kʷoynéh₂✻
  2. derived from *kʷoinā́✻
  3. derived from ποινή
  4. derived from poenālis
  5. borrowed from pénalité
  6. prefixed as counterpenalty — “counter + penalty”

Definitions

  1. A penalty proposed as an alternative to another penalty, as by the defendant in ancient…

    A penalty proposed as an alternative to another penalty, as by the defendant in ancient Athenian law.

The neighborhood

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