penalization

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Noun penalization has 1 sense

punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation - the act of punishing
--₁ is a kind of social control
--₁ has particulars:

castigation, chastisement; corporal punishment; cruel and unusual punishment; detention; discipline, correction; economic strangulation; imprisonment; music, medicine; self-punishment; stick; penance, self-mortification, self-abasement

Derived form: verb penalize₁

penal colony penal facility penal institution penalisation penalise penalised penalises penality penalization penalize penalized penalizes penalizing penally penaltament penalties penalty-free

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