Antonyms for penalty

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pen-l-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn l ti

Definition of penalty

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle French penalité and directly from Medieval Latin poenalitatem (nominative poenalitas), from Latin poenalis (see penal). The sporting sense is first recorded 1885. Ice hockey penalty box attested by 1931.

noun punishment

Example sentences :

There is a penalty for keeping open, houses of entertainment.
Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens

Generally death was the least penalty that capture entailed.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

Such was the penalty for landing two buckets of Liverpool salt at Liverpool!
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Saunders became vehement, and paid the penalty of a paroxysm of coughing.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

I suppose it isn't half so much a crime--as it is a--penalty--for the crimes that bring it on.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

There is always some penalty in health, in comfort, or in peace of mind to be paid for every wrong.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

I risk my life for his gold, and if I deceive him I know the penalty.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 » by Various

Let then thy foolhardiness pay the penalty which my voice has ever annexed to it.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

If they are discovered and captured they must pay the penalty.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

It is not the penalty for sin which he must fear, but the sin itself.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Synonyms for penalty

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