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Penal

//ˈpiːnəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to punishment. not-comparable

    "penal servitude"

  2. 2
    Subject to punishment; punishable. not-comparable

    "a penal offence"

  3. 3
    Serving as a place of punishment. not-comparable

    "a penal colony"

  4. 4
    Exorbitant. not-comparable

    "a penal rate of interest"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law wordnet
  2. 2
    serving as or designed to impose punishment wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to punishment wordnet

Etymology

From Old French peinal, from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis, from poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “punishment”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

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