penality

As a noun penality

is the quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

As nouns the difference between penality and punishment

is that penality is the quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment while punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.

As nouns the difference between tax and penality

is that tax is money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services while penality is the quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.

As a verb tax

is to impose and collect a tax from (a person).

As nouns the difference between penality and sanction

is that penality is the quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment while sanction is an approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

As a verb sanction is

to ratify; to make valid.

As nouns the difference between penality and pedality

is that penality is the quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment while pedality is the physical structure of a soil.

As nouns the difference between penality and venality

is that penality is the quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment while venality is the fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and penality

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while penality is the quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.