Search Result for "penalization": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of punishing;
[syn: punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

penalization \penalization\ n.
   The act of punishing.

   Syn: punishment, penalty.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

penalization
    n 1: the act of punishing [syn: punishment, penalty,
         penalization, penalisation]