Penality

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being penal; liability to punishment. countable, uncountable

    "Many of the Ancients denied the Antipodes, and some unto the penality of contrary affirmations"

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"Many of the Ancients denied the Antipodes, and some unto the penality of contrary affirmations"

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See penalty.

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