straff — 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.
- sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.
Senses
straff is used for these senses in English:
- penalty A legal sentence.
- penalty (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
- penalty kick (soccer) A form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.
- sentence A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
penalty — full definition
- noun A punishment or negative consequence imposed for breaking a rule, law, or agreement.
- noun In sport, a free shot or kick awarded after a foul, or a punishment for breaking the rules of play.