penalty
pen.al.ty \'pen-*l-te-\ n [ML poenalitas, fr. L poenalis] 1: punishment for crime or offense 2: the suffering or the sum to be forfeited to which a person subjects hims elf by agreement in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations 3: disadvantage, loss, or hardship due to some action 4: points scored in bridge by the side that defeats the opposing contract -m usu. used in pl. - penalty aj