Definisjon av penalty

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Noun

penalty - a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
payment the act of paying money
requital, retribution an act of requiting; returning in kind
forfeit, forfeiture the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
penalty - (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
handicap advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
game an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"
penalty - the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty"
disadvantage the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
penalty - the act of punishing
punishment, penalization, penalisation
social control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
castigation, chastisement verbal punishment
corporal punishment the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
cruel and unusual punishment punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed
detention a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
discipline, correction training to improve strength or self-control
economic strangulation punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them; "the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party"
imprisonment the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
medicine, music the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
self-punishment punishment inflicted on yourself
stick threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"
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Substantiv

penalty - A legal sentence.
penalty - A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
penalty - A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
penalty - A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box.
penalty - A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.

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  • penalty
    Punitive sanction taken against someone who has broken the law.
  • penalty
    A free kick in football taken from 11 m in front of the goal with only the goalkeeper defending.
  • penalty
    A disadvantage imposed upon a competitor or team, according to the rules of the game.
  • penalty
    A legal punishment.

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