Penal
WordNet
adjective
(1) Subject to punishment by law
"A penal offense"
(2) Serving as or designed to impose punishment
"Penal servitude"
"A penal colony"
(3) Of or relating to punishment
"Penal reform"
"Penal code"
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Etymology
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Adjective
- Of, or relating to punishment
- penal servitude
- Subject to punishment; punishable
- a penal offence
- Serving as a place of punishment
- a penal colony
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