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penalty

n. தண்டனை, தண்டத்தொகை, சீட்டாட்ட வகையில் ஆட்ட விதிப்படி விளையாடுபவரின் கெலிப்பு எண்ணோடு சேர்க்கப்படும் எண்ணிக்கைகள்.


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Pe"nal*ty, n.; pl. Penalties. Etym: [F. pénalité. See Penal.] 1. Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass. Death is the penalty imposed. Milton. 2. The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine. The penalty and forfeit of my bond. Shak. 3. A handicap. [Sporting Cant] Note: The term penalty is in law mostly applied to a pecuniary punishment. Bill of pains and penalties. See under Bill. -- On, or Under, penalty of, on pain of; with exposure to the penalty of, in case of transgression.


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