Penal synonyms
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Part of speech:
Inflicting or aiming to inflict punishment; punishing.
causing suffering
Relating to retribution; retaliatory.
Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
correctional
Of or relating to correction.
Inflicting or intended to inflict punishment.
castigatory
Serving or tending to castigate.
condign
Deserved; suitable
Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
Of or relating to the punishment of criminals.
The imposition of a discretionary fine or penalty in an amount not set by statute.
The definition of comeuppance is getting the punishment you deserve.
condignity
The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness
A means of expiating.
A punishment fixed by law, as for a crime or breach of contract
Penance is self-punishment done to try to right a wrong, or the receipt of absolution from sins from a priest by fulfilling some requirement.
A penalty imposed on an offender for a crime or wrongdoing
(Theology) Punishment or reward distributed in a future life based on performance in this one.
Sanction is a penalty for wrongful action.
To impose a penalty on; specif., to subject to a handicap in a contest as penalty for the infraction of a rule
To inflict a penalty for (an offense).
Able to be punished; appropriate for punishment.
Find another word for penal. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for penal, like: punitive, causing suffering, retributive, chastening, reformatory, corrective, correctional, punishing, punitory, castigatory and condign.