penalty
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penalty (plural penalties)
- A legal sentence.
- The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
- A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
- (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
- (soccer) A direct free-kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box.
- (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
- A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.
[edit] Translations
legal sentence
punishment for violating rules of procedure
free-kick in football
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punishment in ice hockey
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[edit] Derived terms
- penalty arc
- penalty box
- penalty kick
- penalty area
- penalty phase
- penalty shot
- penalty shoot-out
- penalty spot