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penalty

How many syllables in penalty?

  3 syllables

Divide penalty into syllables:   pen-al-ty
How to pronounce penalty:   pen-l-tee
How to say penalty:

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Synonyms for penalty


1 syllable
  • fine
  • price
2 syllables
  • forfeit
3 syllables
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