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noun, plural -ties.

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

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Blackmun for his pronouncement that the death penalty cannot be administered in accord.

Since you seem to have switched employers, you can withdraw your money from the original without penalty.

His trial has drawn rare attention to the death penalty and raised broader issues of freedom of speech.

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Blackmun for his pronouncement that the death penalty cannot be administered in accord.

Since you seem to have switched employers, you can withdraw your money from the original without penalty.

His trial has drawn rare attention to the death penalty and raised broader issues of freedom of speech.

The majority of players elected to impose a penalty even when it cost them some of their own money.

Soccer penalty kickers wearing motion sensors revealed that subtle body cues can give away which side of the net.

So you need to be ready for contact inside the penalty area.

Following each round, the losers will receive penalty points based on the cards left in their hands.

He has not said whether he plans to seek the death penalty.

But the political pressure for the death penalty is strong.

Pirates often have to suffer the death penalty for their criminal actions.

The focus of the death penalty should not be the perpetrator, but rather the victims families.

Maybe the day will come when somebody will publish a formal rulebook for shoppers and install penalty boxes throughout the mall.

Death row is full of those who plead their innocence, and the world is full of those who despise the death penalty.

Then, if you need to change flights, you do not incur a penalty.

For those of us keeping a casual eye on the death penalty it seems that every few months you hear about a capital case where.

Most trips have steep penalty charges for canceling at the last minute.

There's an advantage to more kids on a farm, but more kids are an economic penalty in the city.

Army prosecutors have said they will not recommend the death penalty.

The penalty is amplified by what brain scientists call switching costs.

For the transfer students in this study, there was no penalty for having begun at a community.

It is true that the abolition of the death penalty is seldom the result of an upsurge of general revulsion.

The same penalty would be handed down in either case.

As for your windmills idea, the drag penalty will more than offset anhy gains thermodynamics, dude.

Point the cursor to place the penalty kick, then see if the goalie saves it.

Worthy of a separate thread is how to tap your retirement accounts before the required minimum age without paying a penalty.

In many countries, the penalty for this sort of killing is still softer than for other kinds.

Hence the fitness penalty for women who married much older men.

Texas counties are required to submit their public records to the state, but there's no penalty for failing to do.

Call to request a waiver of the late penalty if you mostly pay on time but accidentally miss a deadline one month.

More certain is the financial penalty for ignoring the problem:.

You're not allowed to serve on a jury in a death penalty case if you refuse to consider it as a sentencing option.

Anyone who owns one is already out of contract, and could upgrade with no penalty other than the price of a new handset.

At my school, add/drop lasts about a week–but then students can drop without penalty for roughly three weeks.

There should be some kind of penalty for winning the bid but failing to make it.

And, of course, those who are too cool for school are only going to go through the motions if there's no penalty.

Other people should be able to opt out without penalty.

If they break the contract, they have to pay significant penalty.

If people can move within an enclosed structure, its interior must be padded with foam, adding a significant weight penalty.

Making it an untimed exercise would make the quiz questions more of a guide for reading rather than a penalty for not reading.

Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

For undergraduates, a one-year suspension was generally the maximum penalty for a repeated plagiarism.

The yield penalty for organic isn't worth it to me because it means more destruction of wildlife habitat.

Yes, it's the advisor and student's fault, but the last-minute penalty is harsh.

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penalty (ˈpɛn^əltɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	a legal or official punishment, such as a term of imprisonment
2.	some other form of punishment, such as a fine or forfeit for not fulfilling a contract
3.	loss, suffering, or other unfortunate result of one's own action, error, etc
4.	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]

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