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• a legal sentence, e.g. the death penalty
• used in the plural, penalties or sanctions, with the more restricted meaning of punishment for violating rules of procedure, or for abusing the judicial process.
• in sports; for example, in football (soccer) there is a penalty area, otherwise known as the 'eighteen-yard box' due to its size. Penalty kicks are taken from the penalty spot, twelve yards from the centre of the goal-line.
• penalty (rugby)

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Penalty area (football)In Association Football (soccer), the penalty area (also known as the "18-yard box" or "penalty box"), extends 18 yards (16. 46 metres) to each side of the goal and 18 yards in front of it. Fouls by the defensive team punishable by a direct free kick (i. PenaltyA penalty is a punishment: a legal sentence, e. the death penalty used in the plural, penalties or sanctions, with the more restricted meaning of punishment for violating rules of procedure, or for abusing the judicial process. in sports; for example, in Penalty kick (football)In Association Football (soccer), a penalty kick is a free kick from twelve yards (eleven metres) out with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal. Penalty A penalty kick may be awarded when a defending player comm Penalty (ice hockey)Penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behaviour. A referee makes all penalty calls, however, a linesman may make major penalty calls. During a penalty the player who committed the infraction is sent to the penalty box at the side of the Penalty boxFor the part of a football (soccer) pitch called the "box", see penalty area. The penalty box (commonly called the sin bin is the area in ice hockey and rugby where a player sits to serve the time of a given Penalty. Teams are generally not allowed to rep Penalty shot (hockey)Penalty shot in ice hockey is a penalty against an opposing team which took away a scoring chance of a player. A free shot is given to a player on the offended team who was on the ice rink during the play violation. In the NHL, a penalty shot is awarded t Penalty (rugby)