Synonyms for penalties
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pen-l-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn l ti |
Top 10 synonyms for penalties Other synonyms for the word penalties
Définition of penalties
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
- All the penalties will not be light, nor evenly distributed.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Ill-considered remedies for our faults bring only penalties after them.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- For each there exists a normal rate of travel, beyond which are penalties.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- He has no identification tag; he releases Peabody; seems not to know the penalties.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- It is one of the penalties of Protestantism that the audiences, after a while, outgrow the preacher.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- This commonness of mind and tone is often one of the penalties of fellowship.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- These, said Er, were the penalties and retributions, and there were blessings as great.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- But when both parties have ceased to beget children there shall be no penalties.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- For who will be selling me a boat and incurring the penalties in Governor Steed's proclamation?
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- Can it be that you despise these penalties affixed to an evil habit?
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
Antonyms for penalties
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