Usually means: Imposing a punishment for wrongdoing.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word penalizing:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. penalizing: Merriam-Webster
  2. penalizing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. penalizing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Penalizing, penalizing: Wordnik
  5. penalizing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. penalizing: Wiktionary
  7. penalizing: Dictionary.com
  8. penalizing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. penalizing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. penalizing: Legal dictionary

(Note: See penalize as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (penalize)

verb:  (transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
verb:  (transitive, sports) To impose a handicap on.
▸ Also see penalize


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