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Penal

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Adjective

1. penal

of or relating to punishment

Example Sentences:
'penal reform'
'penal code'

2. penal

serving as or designed to impose punishment

Example Sentences:
'penal servitude'

3. penal, punishable

subject to punishment by law

Example Sentences:
'a penal offense'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Penal

see synonyms of penal
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, constituting, or prescribing punishment
2. 
payable as a penalty
a penal sum
3. 
used or designated as a place of punishment
a penal institution

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Penal

see synonyms of penal
adjective
1. 
of, for, or constituting punishment, esp. legal punishment
2. 
specifying or prescribing punishment
a penal code
3. 
making a person liable to punishment
a penal offense

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Penal

see synonyms of penal
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or prescribing punishment, as for breaking the law.
2. Subject to punishment; legally punishable: a penal offense.
3. Serving as or constituting a means or place of punishment: penal servitude; a penal colony.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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