📖 Definitions of "Penalty"
noun
- 1
A legal sentence.
"The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor."
- 2
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
- 3
A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
- 4
A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
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