penalty

pen·al·ty  (pnl-t)

n. pl. pen·al·ties

1. A punishment established by law or authority for a crime or offense.

2. Something, especially a sum of money, required as a forfeit for an offense.

3. The disadvantage or painful consequences resulting from an action or condition: neglected his health and paid the penalty.

4. Sports

a. A punishment, handicap, or loss of advantage imposed on a team or competitor for infraction of a rule.

b. An infraction of a rule; a foul.

5. Games Points scored in contract bridge by the opponents when the declarer fails to make a bid. Often used in the plural.

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[Middle English penalte, from Old French penalite, from Medieval Latin poenlits, from Latin poenlis, penal; see penal.]

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penalty

Noun

pl -ties

1. a legal punishment for a crime or offence

2. loss or suffering as a result of one's own action: we are now paying the penalty for neglecting to keep our equipment up to date

3. Sport, games, etc. a handicap awarded against a player or team for illegal play, such as a free shot at goal by the opposing team [Latin poena]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	penalty - the act of punishing                 penalisation, penalization, punishment social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action chastisement, castigation - 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 - the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received" economic strangulation - punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them; "the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party" imprisonment - putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment medicine, music - punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" self-punishment - punishment inflicted on yourself stick - threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" self-abasement, self-mortification, penance - voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
	2.	penalty - a payment required for not fulfilling a contract payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged requital, retribution - a justly deserved penalty forfeit, forfeiture - a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time" amercement, fine, mulct - money extracted as a penalty
	3.	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 advantage, reward - benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"
	4.	penalty - (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game game - a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game" handicap - advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning game misconduct - (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player)

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penalty

noun punishment, price, fine, handicap, forfeit, retribution, forfeiture

Translations

penalty [ˈpɛnltɪ] n (gen) → pena (= fine); multa;

(SPORT) → sanción f;

penalty (kick) (FOOTBALL) → penalty m

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penalty [ˈpɛnltɪ] n → pénalité f; sanction f (= fine); amende f;

(Sport) → pénalisation f;

(also: penalty kick) (Football) → penalty m: (Rugby) → pénalité f;

to pay the penalty for → être pénalisé(e) pour

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penalty [ˈpɛnltɪ] n → Strafe f;

(Sport) → Strafstoß m: (Football) → Elfmeter m

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penalty [ˈpɛnltɪ] n → penalità f inv; sanzione f penale (= fine); ammenda;

(SPORT) → penalizzazione f;

(FOOTBALL) (also: penalty kick) → calcio di rigore

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penalty

n penalty [ˈpenlti]

1 a punishment for doing wrong, breaking a contract etc They did wrong and they will have to pay the penalty; The death penalty has been abolished in this country. straf عُقوبَه наказание trest, pokuta straf; -straf die Strafe ποινή, τιμωρία pena, castigo karistus مجازات rangaistus pénalité, peine עוֹנֶש दण्ड, सजा kazna,globa büntetés hukuman hegning penale; pena 罰 형벌, 벌금 bauda, bausmė sods hukuman straf straff; bot kara pena pedeapsă; amendă наказание trest kazen kazna straff การลงโทษ ceza 懲罰 штраф, покарання سزا، جرمانہ hình phạt/ tiền phạt 惩罚

2 in sport etc, a disadvantage etc that must be suffered for breaking the rules etc The referee awarded the team a penalty; (also adjective ) a penalty kick straf ضَرْبَة جَزاء наказателен удар trestný bod; penalta; pokuta straffe; straffe- die Strafe; Straf-... πέναλτι castigo máximo, sanción karistus پنالتی rangaistus pénalité עוֹנשִין पेनाल्टी jedanaesterac tizenegyes; négyméteres pinalti víti rigore 罰則 bauda, baudinys sods; soda sitiens/metiens u.tml. penalti strafschop straff, straffe- karny grande penalidade penalty, lovitură de pe­deap­să штраф(ное очко) trestný bod; penalta; trestný prekršek, enajstmetrovka penal straff, bestraffning โทษทัณฑ์ ceza, penaltı 犯規處罰 пенальті کھيل کي پنالٹي cú phạt đền 犯规处罚