What does penalty mean?
Penalty means A legal sentence..
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/ˈpɛn.əl.ti/ · noun
A legal sentence..
The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping?
"But you, my noble, my generous girl!" exclaimed Lord Avonleigh, "I dare not let you pay the penalty of my former folly."
Use penalty when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Penalty means A legal sentence..
Common synonyms include censure, correction, discipline, penalty.
Possible antonyms include compensation, reward.
The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
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