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

(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.

plural of face mask penalty

(American football) A penalty in American football where one player grabs the face mask of an opposing player. There are two versions of this penalty: incidental face mask penalty and the more serious personal foul face mask penalty.

plural of penalty

(informal) A penalty shootout.

(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.

Alternative spelling of penalty shootout