penalize for

penalize someone for something

to punish someone for something. It's not fair to penalize her for being late. You needn't penalize yourself for the failure. It wasn't all your fault.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Serenity	sə-REN-i-tee	English (Modern)
Jagdish	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Faruk	-	Turkish, Arabic
Avetis	-	Armenian
Gaye	[gei]
VĚNceslav	-	Czech (Rare)