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Showing words for PENOLOGY using the English dictionary
8 Letter Words for Penology
penology
7 Letter Words for Penology
enology, geopony, neology, polygon
6 Letter Words for Penology
gloopy, gooley, gooney, onlepy, oogeny, openly, plonge, poleyn, polony, poogye
5 Letter Words for Penology
elogy, elong, gloop, golpe, goney, gooey, gooly, goony, goopy, goyle, logon, longe, looey, loony, loope, loopy, olepy, ology, onely, pelon, pengo, peony, pleny, pleon, plong, pogey, poley, poney, pongo, pongy, pooly, pylon
4 Letter Words for Penology
egol, engl, enol, genl, geol, glen, gley, glop, gloy, glyn, goel, goen, gole, golp, gone, gony, gool, goon, goop, gyle, gyne, gype, leng, leno, leon, loge, logo, logy, lone, long, loon, loop, lope, loyn, lyne, lyon, noel, nole, nolo, noop, nope, ogle, oleo, olpe, only, open, peng, peon, ploy, pogo, pogy, pole, polo, poly, pone, pong, pony, pool, poon, pyne, yelp, ygoe, yoop
3 Letter Words for Penology
ego, eng, enl, eon, eyl, eyn, gel, gen, geo, gey, gnp, gol, gon, goo, gop, goy, gye, gyn, gyp, leg, leo, lep, ley, loe, log, loo, lop, loy, lpn, lye, lyn, neg, neo, nep, nog, nol, noo, noy, nye, ole, olp, one, ono, ony, oon, oop, ope, oye, peg, pel, pen, ply, pol, pon, poo, poy, pye, yen, yeo, yep, ygo, yoe, yon
Definitions for Penology
[1] the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
[2] the study of the management of prisons.
[3] the branch of the social sciences concerned with the punishment of crime
[4] the science of prison management
Words nearby Penology
pennyweight, pennywort, pennyworth, penobscot, penobscot bay, penology, penoncel, penpoint, penpusher, penrith, penrose
Origin of Penology
1830–40; peno- (combining form representing Greek poinḗ penalty) + -logy
Words that may be confused with Penology
Other words from Penology
pe·no·log·i·cal [peen-l-oj -i-kuh l] /ˌpin lˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl/ , adjective
pe·nol·o·gist , noun
Word origin for Penology
C19: from Greek poinē punishment