A legal sentence. / A punishment for violating rules of procedure. / (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.

plural of penalty

(informal) A penalty shootout.

(ice hockey) An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction. / (soccer) The penalty area.

(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