'Penalize' definitions:
Definition of 'penalize'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Penalize'
From: GCIDE
- Penalize \Pe"nal*ize\, v. t.
- 1. To make penal. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Sport.) To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'penalize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquit,
- amerce,
- anathematize,
- attaint,
- blacklist,
- bring home to,
- bring to account,
- bring to book,
- call to account,
- castigate,
- censure,
- chasten,
- chastise,
- condemn,
- convict,
- correct,
- damn,
- deal with,
- denounce,
- denunciate,
- discipline,
- doom,
- excommunicate,
- find guilty,
- fine,
- handicap,
- inflict upon,
- judge,
- masthead,
- mulct,
- pass sentence,
- pass sentence on,
- pillory,
- pronounce judgment,
- pronounce sentence,
- proscribe,
- punish,
- sentence,
- settle with,
- square accounts,
- take to task,
- visit upon