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What is a penalty?

What is a penalty? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A legal sentence.
  2. A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
  3. (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
  4. (soccer) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
  5. (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
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It struck a home defender squarely in the side of the head causing debate as to whether a penalty flick should have been awarded.
Criminal damage falls under Section 60 of the Crimes Ordinance and carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment.
A bearded Argentinian makes a run through the penalty box like a slalom skier, at improbable angles for a man with the ball.
New, much more aggressive models are needed, and unfortunately we will pay a heavy penalty in run-times and convergence.
Campos makes an immediate impression, just as he did against Slovenia, slaloming through the German penalty area.
Project manager for the event, Nick Lodge, put his football skills to the test by keeping goal in a penalty shoot-out.

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