Antonym: reward. Similar words: the death penalty, casualty, specialty, penance, faculty, alter, arena, wealth. Meaning: ['penltɪ] n. 1. the act of punishing 2. a payment required for not fulfilling a contract 3. the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition 4. (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game.
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151. The House of Commons is to debate once again whether to bring back the death penalty.
152. He also had his licence endorsed with eight penalty points.
153. There is a £20 penalty for passengers who travel without a ticket or override.
154. There are stiff penalty clauses for late delivery.
155. The umpires awarded a thirty-yard penalty to South Sussex.
156. In 1969, Britain abolished the death penalty for murder.
157. The penalty kept the drive alive.
158. Other changes included the abolition of the death penalty.
159. We consider the death penalty to be barbaric.
160. But again the penalty consequent on regulation fell on the workers.
161. The execution of juvenile offenders is extremely rare and at least 72 countries set 18 as the minimum age for the death penalty.
162. Penalty of perjury Applicants are also asked to sign an affidavit attesting to the accuracy of the information under penalty of perjury.
163. Chiddingfold should have taken the lead after five minutes when Rob Madgwick conceded a penalty for a trip.
164. Another penalty from Roberts gave Gloucester a comfortable half-time lead.
165. The most severe penalty he could receive would be a suspension of pay, reduction in rank or confinement to the barracks.
166. The money is to go in a penalty box kept by Grandmother; the proceeds will go to a charity.
167. But Rochdale took command from then on[sentencedict.com], Morgan gave them the lead and then a Flounders penalty making it 3-1.
168. In these circumstances facile and fallacious deductions about the consequences of having abolished the death penalty were bound to be rife.
169. Mubsan is a legal concept; it comes into play in cases of adultery, where it can increase the penalty.
170. The penalty for an act of buggery against a boy was life imprisonment.
171. If you want to get out of the scheme, you will be charged three month's interest payments as a penalty.
172. She knew she would feel a good deal less proud when she told Alice about the penalty clause.
173. So heinous, in fact,(Sentencedict.com) that it carries a penalty of three months in the slammer.
174. The abolition of the death penalty following the revolution remained intact.
175. But suddenly the sight of Giuseppe Signori's invitingly lofted ball into the penalty area put a spring in his step.
176. The defendants were liable to a penalty clause in the main contract if the work was not completed on time.
177. Not only did he concede the penalty but he also presented White with the perfect chance to cap a memorable day.
178. Barnes added a further penalty to give Portadown a comfortable 10-0 lead at half-time.
179. If two-minute penalties were handed out for four-letter words, Newman would still be in the penalty box.
180. How if at all did the existence of the penalty clause affect the consideration given by the plaintiff?
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