Decision and Penalty

Decision

Decision noun - A position arrived at after consideration.

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Penalty and decision are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penalty" instead a noun "Decision".

Nearby Words: decided, decide, decisive, decisively, deciding

Penalty noun - A sum of money to be paid as a punishment.

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Decision and penalty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decision" instead a noun "Penalty".

single	single decision	single penalty
small	small decision	small penalty
actual	actual decision	actual penalty
big	big decision	big penalty
Other adjectives: personal, ultimate, major, possible, final, worst, last, intentional.

Cheaters Never Prosper: Inverted, every year there will always be one player diving in the penalty area or a referee making a stupid Idiot Ball decision.

Source: Useful Notes / English Premier League
Just for added affect, this not actually guilty murderer who choses not to capture despite the penalty had been torturing/experimenting on him several hours before he made this decision.

Source: Honor Before Reason / Literature
Zambia lost 1-0 to Morocco, and a controversial referee's decision denied them a penalty kick that would have sent them to the World Cup.

Source: Negated Moment of Awesome

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