Penalization
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of penalizing.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act of punishing.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The act of
punishing
;
punishment
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the act of punishing
Word Usage
""Clearly there was a 'penalization' in our study, and that's reflected in the high periprocedural MACE rate."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
social control
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
castigation
chastisement
corporal punishment
correction
cruel and unusual punishment
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
penalty
punishment