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The science or art of punishment.

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  1. n. The science or art of punishment.
  2. n. the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
  3. The science or art of punishment. [Written also poenology.]
  4. n. the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation