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"Penal" Definition

adjective

Of, relating to, or prescribing punishment, as for breaking the law.
Serving as or constituting a means or place of punishment: penal servitude; a penal colony.
Subject to punishment; legally punishable: a penal offense.
Of, relating to, or involving punishment, , or punitive institutions.
Liable to punishment .