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Penalty

/ˈpenlti/

A consequence or disadvantage suffered or given as a result of doing something wrong or breaking rules.

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Severe penalties were fixed for those who failed to obey.

This whole business of the death penalty was all wrong.

You know what the penalty is for assaulting a Red Cap?"

From Anglo-Norman penalte, derived from Medieval Latin penalitas, based on Latin poena meaning punishment, tracing back to Greek poinē.

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