penalty

[ pen-l-tee ]

/ ˈpɛn l ti /

a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.

a loss, forfeiture, suffering, or the like, to which one subjects oneself by nonfulfillment of some obligation.

something that is forfeited, as a sum of money.

a disadvantage imposed upon one of the competitors or upon one side for infraction of the rules of a game, sport, etc.

consequence or disadvantage attached to any action, condition, etc.

Origin of penalty

1505–15; ≪ Medieval Latin poenālitās. See penal, -ty²

The penalties are set in stone through 2016, but after that they will remain at $695 per year, plus inflation.

Think You’re Invincible? Here’s Why Open Enrollment Matters |DailyBurn |November 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Second, penalties need to be increased for lying or deliberately withholding relevant requested information from Congress.

George W. Bush’s Puzzling WMD Coverup |Rick Santorum, Pete Hoekstra |October 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Despite committing 13 penalties, the Iroquois roared back from a late 8-3 deficit to notch it at 8-8 before giving up a late goal.

A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower |Evin Demirel |July 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That year they ugly-chained it all the way to the final, lost on penalties to Brazil, and I decided to abandon them.

Why Americans Should Love the World Cup |Sean Wilsey |June 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Liberia also has some of the strongest rape laws and penalties on the continent.

Liberia’s Child Prostitutes |Clair MacDougall |May 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Suspension deferred the execution of penalties incurred by heresy, either for a term of years, or until a council should decide.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 |Various
The crimes we every day punish are really below the penalties we inflict.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IV. (of 12) |Edmund Burke
But they had done a wiser thing than that, with an eye to the law, and the penalties.

Perlycross |R. D. Blackmore
The penalties were graded according to the ages of the girls involved.

Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents |Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
Disease is one of the penalties of one of the forms of such failure.

Medical Essays |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

penalty

/ (ˈpɛnəltɪ) /

a legal or official punishment, such as a term of imprisonment

some other form of punishment, such as a fine or forfeit for not fulfilling a contract

loss, suffering, or other unfortunate result of one's own action, error, etc

sport games a handicap awarded against a player or team for illegal play, such as a free shot at goal by the opposing team, loss of points, etc

C16: from Medieval Latin poenālitās penalty; see penal