Definitions for penalty

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penalty pen·al·ty

Spelling: [pen-l-tee]

IPA: /ˈpɛn l ti/

Penalty is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in penalty (aelnpty).

Definitions for penalty

noun

1. a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
2. a loss, forfeiture, suffering, or the like, to which one subjects oneself by nonfulfillment of some obligation.
3. something that is forfeited, as a sum of money.
4. a disadvantage imposed upon one of the competitors or upon one side for infraction of the rules of a game, sport, etc.
5. consequence or disadvantage attached to any action, condition, etc.

Origin of penalty

1505-15; ≪ Medieval Latin poenālitās. See penal, -ty²

Examples for penalty

I suppose it isn't half so much a crime--as it is a--penalty--for the crimes that bring it on.

While that might just seem like a slap on the wrist compared to the cost of insurance, the penalty increases every year.

Saunders became vehement, and paid the penalty of a paroxysm of coughing.

Generally death was the least penalty that capture entailed.

The penalty is only rarely imposed, as members often resign before they can be voted out of Congress.

Under the ACA, adults without minimal essential coverage will be charged a penalty when they file their tax return.

Last summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.

Such was the penalty for landing two buckets of Liverpool salt at Liverpool!

There is a penalty for keeping open, houses of entertainment.

And as the Israeli NGO Yesh Din has documented, that penalty is actually on the high end.