verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of penalize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard
2. 2
   impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bookpenalizepunishpunish

Etymology

From penal + -ise.

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