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penality

penality noun: the quality or state of being penal; liability to punishment.

Noun

penality (countable and uncountable, plural penalities)

  1. The quality or state of being penal; liability to punishment.
    • Many of the Ancients denied the Antipodes, and some unto the penality of contrary affirmations1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    • penality is not merely an effect or a specific result of neoliberalism but is a core defining feature.2020, Roger Hopkins Burke, Contemporary Criminological Theory

penality meaning in Tamil

penality in Tamil

மறநிலைப்பொருள்

Forms of penality

pluralpenalities

Origin of penality

See penalty.

Questions about penality

What does penality mean?
Penality means the quality or state of being penal; liability to punishment.
What is penality in Tamil?
Penality in Tamil is மறநிலைப்பொருள். See Penality meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is penality?
Penality is a noun.
What is the plural of penality?
The plural of penality is penalities.

Words near penality in the dictionary

  1. penalised
  2. penalises
  3. penalising
  4. penalism
  5. penalities
  6. penality
  7. penalizability
  8. penalizable
  9. penalization
  10. penalizations
  11. penalize

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