penalty
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from *kʷoynéh₂✻
- derived from *kʷoinā́✻
- derived from ποινή
- derived from poenālis
- borrowed from pénalité
Definitions
A legal sentence.
- The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
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In sports
In sports:
A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event.
- "But you, my noble, my generous girl!" exclaimed Lord Avonleigh, "I dare not let you pay the penalty of my former folly."
The neighborhood
- synonymcensure
- synonymcorrection
- synonymdiscipline
- synonympenalty
- synonympunishment
- synonympunition
- synonymsanction
- synonymsentence
- antonymcompensation
- antonymreward
- neighborpenal
- neighborpenality
- neighborpenalize
- neighborfree kick
- neighborretribution
- neighborbeating
- neighborexcommunication
- neighborexecution
- neighborfine
- neighborforfeiture
- neighborimprisonment
- neighborweregild
Derived
counterpenalty, death penalty, drive-through penalty, face mask penalty, fixed penalty notice, long lap penalty, loyalty penalty, marriage penalty, match penalty, minor penalty, pay the penalty, penalty arc, penalty area, penalty box, penalty card, penalty copy, penalty corner, penalty envelope, penalty function, penalty goal, penalty kick, penalty kill, penalty loop, penalty mark, penalty phase, penalty point, penalty rate, penalty shootout, penalty shoot-out, penalty shot, penalty spot, penalty throw, penalty try, penalty turn, penalty unit, Pessi, point penalty, prepayment penalty, stop-and-go penalty
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at penalty. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at penalty. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at penalty
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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