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Definitions for Penal

[1] of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
[2] prescribing punishment: penal laws.
[3] constituting punishment: He survived the years of penal hardship.
[4] used as a place of confinement and punishment: a penal colony.
[5] subject to or incurring punishment: a penal offense.
[6] payable or forfeitable as a penalty: a penal sum.
[7] of, relating to, constituting, or prescribing punishment
[8] payable as a penalty a penal sum
[9] used or designated as a place of punishment a penal institution

Words related to Penal

punitive, corrective, punishing, reformatory, retributive

Words nearby Penal

pen pal, pen pusher, pen-, pen-based, pen., penal, penal code, penal servitude, penalize, penalty, penalty area

Origin of Penal

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin poenālis, equivalent to poen(a ) penalty (< Greek poinḗ fine) + -ālis -al1

Words that may be confused with Penal

penal, penological, punitive, penal, penile

Other words from Penal

pe·nal·i·ty [pi-nal -i-tee] /pɪˈnæl ɪ ti/ , noun
pe·nal·ly , adverb
non·pe·nal , adjective
un·pe·nal , adjective
un·pe·nal·ly , adverb

Word origin for Penal

C15: from Late Latin poenālis concerning punishment, from poena penalty

Synonyms for Penal

punitive, chastening, corrective, penalizing, punishing, punitory, reformatory, retributive