penalty
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(noun) the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition: "neglected his health and paid the penalty" |
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Related Words: disadvantage |
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(noun) a payment required for not fulfilling a contract |
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Related Words: amercement, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, payment, requittal, retribution |
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(noun) the act of punishing |
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Synonyms: penalization, punishment |
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Related Words: castigation, chastisement, commitment, committal, consignment, corporal punishment, correction, cruel and unusual punishment, discipline, economic strangulation, fine, fining, imprisonment, jailing, medicine, music, penance, self-abasement, self-flagellation, self-mortification, self-punishment, social control, stick |
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