penalty

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the act of punishing (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
punishment, penalization, penalisation
• Derivationally related forms:
penalise (for: penalisation), penalize (for: penalization), penalise, punish (for: punishment)
• Hypernyms:
social control
• Hyponyms:
castigation, chastisement, corporal punishment, cruel and unusual punishment, detention,
discipline, correction, economic strangulation, imprisonment, music, medicine,
self-punishment, stick, penance, self-mortification, self-abasement
2. a payment required for not fulfilling a contract (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
payment
• Hyponyms:
retribution, requital, forfeit, forfeiture, fine,
mulct, amercement
3. the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition (Freq. 1)
- neglected his health and paid the penalty
• Ant:
reward
• Hypernyms:
disadvantage
4. (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
• Topics:
game
• Hypernyms:
handicap
• Hyponyms:
game misconduct

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  punishment, penalization, penalisation
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  advantage, reward