- Types Of Speech
- You can use penalty as a noun in a sentence.
- About Penalty
- A 3 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters a, e, l, n, p, t, and y, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter a. Penalty starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pe, pen, pena, penal, and the ending characters are y, ty, lty, alty, nalty, ..
- Definition
- The act of punishing
- Origin/Roots
- English
- School Grade
- Penalty is set as a grade six word that starts with p, ends with y, 3 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is penalty a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Penalty in Pig Latin is said as "enaltypay or enaltypway".
- Unigram
- p | e | n | a | l | t | y
- Bigram
- pe | en | na | al | lt | ty
- Trigram
- pen | ena | nal | alt | lty
- Quadrigram
- pena | enal | nalt | alty
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of punishing
- (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
- the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition;
"neglected his health and paid the penalty" - a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
Synonym | Definition |
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Abatement | the act of abating "laws enforcing noise abatement" |
Abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
Acquittal | a judgment of not guilty |
Admonishment | a firm rebuke |
Admonition | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger) |
Agio | a fee charged for exchanging currencies |
Agiotage | a fee charged for exchanging currencies |
Allowance | the act of allowing "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom" |
Amercement | money extracted as a penalty |
Assessment | the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Penalty
Anagram | Definition |
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Penalty | the act of punishing |
Aplenty |
View English words with the unique letters used in penalty. Words With The Letters Aelnpty
Word | Definition |
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Penalise | impose a penalty on inflict punishment on "The students were penalized for showing up late for class" "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" |
Penalize | impose a penalty on inflict punishment on "The students were penalized for showing up late for class" "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" |
Punish | impose a penalty on inflict punishment on "The students were penalized for showing up late for class" "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" |
Word | Definition |
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Social Control |
Word | Definition |
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Castigation | verbal punishment |
Corporal Punishment | |
Correction | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right |
Cruel And Unusual Punishment | |
Detention | a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils" |
Discipline | training to improve strength or self-control |
Economic Strangulation | |
Imprisonment | the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) |
Medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
Music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" |
View All Hyponyms For Penalty
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Penalty (7 letters) | 12 | 14 | aplenty | ||
Patently (8 letters) | 13 +1 | 15 +1 | patently | ||
Aplenty (7 letters) | 12 | 14 | aplenty |
Penalty Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters