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Synonyms for penalty
ˈpɛn l tipenal·ty

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. penalty

    Synonyms:
    compensation, earnings, guerdon, remuneration, wages

    Antonyms:
    benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, bribe, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, present

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. penalty

    Synonyms:
    pain, punishment, forfeiture, price, fare, retribution, amercement

    Antonyms:
    guerdon, wages, reward, premium, prize, douceur, sop, bribe, honorarium, compensation, remuneration

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisationnoun

    the act of punishing

    Synonyms:
    punishment, penalization, penalisation

    Antonyms:
    advantage, reward

  2. penaltynoun

    a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

    Synonyms:
    punishment, penalization, penalisation

    Antonyms:
    reward, advantage

  3. penaltynoun

    the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition

    "neglected his health and paid the penalty"

    Synonyms:
    punishment, penalization, penalisation

    Antonyms:
    reward, advantage

  4. penaltynoun

    (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game

    Synonyms:
    punishment, penalization, penalisation

    Antonyms:
    reward, advantage

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. penaltynoun

    Synonyms:
    punishment, penal retribution

  2. penaltynoun

    Synonyms:
    forfeiture, fine

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. penaltynoun

    Synonyms:
    punishment, retribution, forfeiture, fine, mulct

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How to use penalty in a sentence?

  1. H.L. Mencken:

    The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.

  2. Staff Janos Lazar:

    There is a debate about the introduction of the death penalty. A debate, so it is not like there is a plan to introduce the death penalty.

  3. Happy Gilmore:

    Happy During high school, I played junior hockey and still hold two league records most time spent in the penalty box and I was the only guy to ever take off his skate and try to stab somebody.

  4. Richard Dieter:

    If you have intellectual disabilities you can't get the death penalty, if you're under 18 you can't get the death penalty. With PTSD, you can get the death penalty and sometimes it can be used against you.

  5. Johannes Thingnes Boe:

    We had three penalty loops and in a normal world cup, you never do that, if you have three penalty loops, you're outside of competition. This is what we expected before racing today so we knew that most likely the winners would have a penalty loop so we were not scared to have it here.


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