- penalty
- n1. punishment, penalization, amercement, penance; sentence, condemnation; chastening, castigation, chastisement; deserved reward, just deserts, what one asked for, Inf. comeuppance; pay, payment, wages; discipline, punitive action, correction; retribution, nemesis, requital, retaliation, revenge.2. forfeiture, forfeit, fine, mulct, damages; loss, deprivation, suffering, distress, pain.3. disadvantage, handicap, price one pays; problem, difficulty, snag, catch, Sl. hooker; impediment, obstacle, hindrance.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.