penology, poenology
(noun) the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
penology (countable and uncountable, plural penologies)
Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. poena, punishment + -logy.]
Definition: The science or art of punishment. [Written also poenology.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
