PENALITY Synonyms

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally

• verbal punishment

• a rebuke for making a mistake

• the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

• a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

• something substituted for an error

• a rebuke for making a mistake

• a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases

• the act of disciplining

• treatment of a specific defect

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• tending to deter

• a branch of knowledge

• a system of rules of conduct or method of practice

• the trait of being well behaved

• training to improve strength or self-control

• the act of disciplining

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles

• money extracted as a penalty

• an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

• in a delicate manner

• being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

• minutely precise especially in differences in meaning

• thin in thickness or diameter

• characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment

• free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity

• record a fine as a penalty in a police record

• impose a fine on

• the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

• advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• injure permanently

• attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant

• put at a disadvantage

• the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

• a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

• the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition

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

• the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

• a justly deserved penalty

• the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

• the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life

• something hard to endure

• the quality of being valid and rigorous

• excessive sternness

• formal and explicit approval

• a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

• official permission or approval

• the act of final authorization

• give sanction to

• give authority or permission to

• give religious sanction to, such as through an oath

• a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

• (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

• the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

• pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law