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
Gordana	GOR-dah-nah (Serbian, Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Finn (1)	-	Irish Mythology, Irish
Irmak	-	Turkish
Irmuska	EER-moosh-kaw	Hungarian (Rare)
Cerridwen	-	Welsh
Volkan	-	Turkish