penal
adj/ˈpiːnəl/
Etymology From Old French peinal, from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis, from poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “punishment”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
1
Of or relating to punishment.
- penal servitude
2
Subject to punishment; punishable.
- a penal offence
3
Serving as a place of punishment.
- a penal colony
4
Exorbitant.
- a penal rate of interest
- Synonyms
- penal, penary, penitentiary, punishmental
- Derived terms
- nonpenal, parapenal, penal code, penal colony, penal-industrial complex, penalise, penalism, penalization, penal law, penally, penal notice, penal officer, penal populism, penal rosary, penal substitution, postpenal, unpenal
- Hyponyms
- correctional, penocorrectional
- Coordinate terms
- carceral, penitential