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penal adjective [ ˈpiːn(ə)l ]

• relating to, used for, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system.
• "the campaign for penal reform"
Similar: disciplinary, punitive, corrective, correctional, retributive,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French penal, from Latin poenalis, from poena ‘pain, penalty’.


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