penalty
A legal sentence.
Noun 4 meanings
A legal sentence.
“The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.”
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
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Etymology
From Middle French pénalité, from pénal, from Latin poenālis, from poena, borrowing of Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, comprising *kʷey- + *-néh₂.
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PENALTY at a glance
PENALTY has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (P 3 + E 1 + N 1 + A 1 + L 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,256 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with penalty
All rhymes- GUILTY10
- DIFFICULTY22
- FACULTY15
- LOYALTY13
- SPECIALTY16
- ROYALTY13
- CRUELTY12
- SALTY8
- NOVELTY13
- FAULTY12
- CASUALTY13
- ADMIRALTY15
One letter away
- PENALLY12
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