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straf — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • penalty noun A punishment or negative consequence imposed for breaking a rule, law, or agreement.
  • punishment noun A penalty given for wrongdoing, or the act of imposing one.
  • retribution noun Punishment given out of a sense of justice or revenge for a wrong that was done.
  • sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.

Senses

straf is used for these senses in English:

  • penalty A legal sentence.
  • retribution Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
  • sentence A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

penalty — full definition

  1. noun A punishment or negative consequence imposed for breaking a rule, law, or agreement.
  2. noun In sport, a free shot or kick awarded after a foul, or a punishment for breaking the rules of play.

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