penalized

Docked for infractions

Penalized means subjected to a penalty or disadvantage.

In sports and games, a player or team is penalized for breaking rules: The team was penalized fifteen yards for holding.

More broadly, it means put at a disadvantage or punished for something: Workers who take parental leave shouldn't be penalized for it.

The spelling penalised is British.

sanction

fined

Penalized with payment

docked · cited · charged · levied · assessed · forfeited · garnished · suspended · banned · restricted

sports

fouled

Made dirty or entangled

benched · disqualified · suspended · yellow card · red card · free throw · technical foul · power play · shorthanded · offside

competition

disadvantaged

Lacking social or economic resources

disqualified · forfeited · relegated · demoted · deducted · marked down · defaulted · eliminated · knocked out

consequence

punished

Penalized for misbehavior

burdened · taxed · cost · setback · disadvantaged · suffered · loss · detriment · liability · drawback

Categories
Opposites
consequence for behavior

penalizedrewarded

Given something earned

compensated · recompensed · remunerated · praised · honored

enforcement status

penalizedunpunished

Lacking deserved consequences

unpenalized · nonpenalized · pardoned · excused · forgiven

Family

penalize, penalizing, penalizes, penalization

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G