Synonyms for penalty
ˈpɛn l tipenal·ty

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1. penalty

   Synonyms:
   compensation, earnings, guerdon, remuneration, wages

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

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1. penalty

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Disadvantage
   • Game
   • Handicap
   • Payment
   • Social Control

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1. penaltynoun

   Synonyms:
   punishment, penal retribution

2. penaltynoun

   Synonyms:
   forfeiture, fine

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1. penaltynoun

   Synonyms:
   punishment, retribution, forfeiture, fine, mulct

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1. List of paraphrases for "penalty":

   sentence, punishment, death, sanction, penalties, sentences, worth, pity, fine, dead, assent, pena, criminalization, term, worthwhile, baquba, soda, sanctions, shame, fines, pain, trouble, sorrow, grief

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1. Shane Glick:

   I wish he would get the death penalty for what he did to that poor little girl. She didn’t deserve it.

2. Robert Dunham:

   The commission is urging that the state step back and take a careful look at the way in which it administers the death penalty to ensure that the state doesn't make mistakes.

3. Nikki Haley:

   Impeachment is, like, the death penalty for a public official, when you look at the transcript, there's nothing in that transcript that warrants the death penalty for the President.

4. 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.

5. Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor:

   Oklahomans overwhelmingly voted in 2016 to preserve the death penalty as a consequence for the most heinous murders, i'm certain that justice and safety for all of us drove that vote.