The Collaborative International Dictionary
Penality
Penality \Pe*nal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. LL. poenalitas. See Penalty.]
The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.
--Sir T. Browne.
Wiktionary
penality
n. The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.
Usage examples of "penality".
I witness now that it was broken by Selamis Garamis-son, and that the lords of elves and dwarves declare it void and state the penalities openly.
They would inflict upon Allan the penalities they have been thwarted of inflicting upon the prince himself.
No: He had fixed to the wall where he could see it any time he looked up something that reminded him of the penalities you had to pay for freedom: a newspaper cutting, glassed and framed from the Chinese official Paper Red Ranner.