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Penalize Moderate

Penalize has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on

"The students were penalized for showing up late for class"

"we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

2

To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.

See Also
penalization penalty penal rule penalizing icing metric martyr ding
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Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
revenge tar-and-feather execute pillory castigate amerce victimize scourge discipline
Rhyming Words
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