(soccer, field hockey) A series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.

(soccer) a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken

(soccer) A form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.

(soccer) An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.

(soccer, futsal) An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.

(mathematics) Any function that applies constraints to a maximum or minimum problem

(ice hockey) An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.

(law) A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.

plural of penalty kill

The portion of some criminal trials that occurs after a guilty verdict has been rendered, in which the punishment for the crime is decided.