different between consequence vs penalty

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French consequence , from Latin consequentia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?kw?ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?kw?ns/, /?k?ns?kw?ns/

Noun

consequence (plural consequences)

1. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
2. A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
3. A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
4. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
5. Importance with respect to what comes after.
6. The power to influence or produce an effect.
7. (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "consequence": social, legal, environmental, political, economic, personal, cultural, moral, unintended, undesirable, likely, probable, necessary, logical, natural, important, significant, bad, disastrous, devastating, fatal, catastrophic, harmful.

Synonyms

• aftercome
• distinction
• implication
• moment
• rank
• repercussion
• value

Related terms

Translations

See also

• causality
• effect
• impact

Verb

consequence (third-person singular simple present consequences, present participle consequencing, simple past and past participle consequenced)

1. (transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.
   • 1998, Terry M. Levy, Michael Orlans, Attachment, trauma, and healing

     The goal of consequencing is to teach the child a lesson that leads to positive choices and behaviors. The goal of punishment is to inflict pain and seek revenge. Angry parenting is punitive and ineffectual.

References

Further reading

• consequence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• consequence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• consequence at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• pœnalty (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French pénalité

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n?lti/
• Hyphenation: pen?al?ty

Noun

penalty (plural penalties)

1. A legal sentence.

2. A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping?

3. (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
4. In sports
   1. (soccer) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
   2. (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.

Synonyms

• punition
• punishment
• sentence

Derived terms

Related terms

• penal
• penality (rare)
• penalize

Descendants

• ? Gulf Arabic: ?????? (balanti)
• ? Spanish: penalti

Translations

See also

• free kick

Anagrams

• a-plenty, aplenty, netplay

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English penalty.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe?nal?ty

Noun

penalty m (plural penalty's, diminutive penalty'tje n)

1. penalty kick

French

Alternative forms

• pénalty

Etymology

Borrowed from English penalty, itself a borrowing from French pénalité (thus a reborrowing). Doublet of pénalité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.nal.ti/

Noun

penalty m (plural penaltys or penalties)

1. (sports) penalty, penalty kick

Further reading

• “penalty” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).