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

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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

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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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