penalty


penalty - noun

  • the act of punishing
  • a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
  • the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition
  • (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game

    • penalty - thesaurus

    penalisation   penalization   punishment  


    View spelling list y words and learn about the word penalty in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.

    Scrabble score for penalty

    p is 3 e is 1 n is 1 a is 1 l is 1 t is 1 y is 4
    Scrabble score = 12

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