Punishes sin? Please not this way (9)

I believe the answer is:

penalises

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'this way' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'punishes sin? please' is the wordplay.
'punishes' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'punished' mean this).
'sin'+'please'='sinplease'
'sinplease' with letters rearranged gives 'PENALISES'.

'not' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for penalises that I've seen is " Punishes".)

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