Word.ws English Dictionary

counterpenalty

counterpenalty noun: a penalty proposed as an alternative to another penalty, as by the defendant in ancient Athenian law.

Noun

counterpenalty (plural counterpenalties)

  1. A penalty proposed as an alternative to another penalty, as by the defendant in ancient Athenian law.

Forms of counterpenalty

pluralcounterpenalties

Origin of counterpenalty

From counter- + penalty.

Questions about counterpenalty

What does counterpenalty mean?
Counterpenalty means a penalty proposed as an alternative to another penalty, as by the defendant in ancient Athenian law.
What part of speech is counterpenalty?
Counterpenalty is a noun.
What is the plural of counterpenalty?
The plural of counterpenalty is counterpenalties.

Words near counterpenalty in the dictionary

  1. counterpasswords
  2. counterpayment
  3. counterpayments
  4. counterpeize
  5. counterpenalties
  6. counterpenalty
  7. counterpeople
  8. counterperson
  9. counterpersons
  10. counterpersuasive
  11. counterpetition

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: counterpenalty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “counterpenalty.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/counterpenalty. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.