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Penalty

A penalty is a punishment:

a legal sentence, e.g. the death penalty
used in the plural, penalties or sanctions, with the more restricted meaning of punishment for violating rules of procedure, or for abusing the judicial process.
in sports; for example in football (soccer) there is a penalty area

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