Definition of penal Penal

/piˈnʌl/ - [peenul] - pe•nal

We found 12 definitions of penal from 5 different sources.

What does penal mean?

Adjective penal, penaller, penallest
penal - subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"
		punishable
penal - serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude"
penal - of or relating to punishment; "penal reform"; "penal code"

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penal (a.)
Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
penal (a.)
Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code.
penal (a.)
Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense.
penal (a.)
Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.

penal
pē′nal, adj. pertaining to, incurring, or constituting punishment: used for punishment.—v.t. Pē′nalise, to lay under penalty.—adv. Pē′nally.—Penal laws, laws prohibiting certain actions under penalties; Penal servitude, hard labour in a prison as a punishment for crime—introduced in England in 1853 instead of transportation; Penal statute, a statute imposing a penalty or punishment for crime. [Fr.,—L. pœnalis—pœna, Gr. poinē, punishment.]

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