Thesaurus: penal

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1. a. Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
2. a. Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code.
3. a. Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense.
4. a. Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.
5. adj. of or relating to punishment
6. adj. serving as or designed to impose punishment
7. adj. (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law
8. Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. "Adamantine chains and penal fire." Milton. Penal code (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. -- Penal laws, Penal statutes (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. -- Penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] -- Penal suit, Penal action (Law), a suit for penalties.
9. Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes andoffenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:(a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penalcode.(b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact ofoffense.(c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, apenal colony or settlement. "Adamantine chains and penal fire."Milton. Penal code (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes andoffenses and their punishment.-- Penal laws, Penal statutes (Law), laws prohibited certain acts,and imposing penalties for committing them.-- Penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, inlieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] -- Penal suit, Penal action(Law), a suit for penalties.
10. j:100 a. of or relating to punishment s. serving as or designed to impose punishment s. subject to punishment by law