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penal Definition


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penal
adj
    1. Relating to punishment, especially by law.
      Thesaurus: punitive, punishing, reformatory, corrective, chastening, retributive.
Derivative: penally
adverb
    Etymology: 15c: from Latin poenalis, from poena penalty.



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