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PENAL
penal, punishable
(adjective) (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law; “a penal offense”
penal
(adjective) serving as or designed to impose punishment; “penal servitude”; “the juvenile was sentenced to six months in a penal institution”
penal
(adjective) of or relating to punishment; “penal reform”; “penal code”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
penal (not comparable)
Of or relating to punishment.
Subject to punishment; punishable.
Serving as a place of punishment.
Exorbitant.
Anagrams
• 'plane, Alpen, Nepal, Palen, palen, panel, plane, plena
Source: Wiktionary
Pe"nal, a. Etym: [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. pénal. See Pain.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. "Adamantine chains and penal fire." Milton. Penal code (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment.
– Penal laws, Penal statutes (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
– Penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] -- Penal suit, Penal action (Law), a suit for penalties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
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