Penal synonyms
pē'nəl
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Part of speech:
Inflicting or aiming to inflict punishment; punishing.
Relating to retribution; retaliatory.
Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
Inflicting or intended to inflict punishment.
castigatory
Serving or tending to castigate.
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condign
Deserved; suitable
Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
Of or relating to the punishment of criminals.
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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
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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).
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Able to be punished; appropriate for punishment.
constitutional (related)
capital-punishment (related)
criminal law (related)
causing suffering
Of or relating to correction.
Find another word for penal. In this page you can discover 34 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for penal, like: punitive, retributive, chastening, reformatory, punishing, punitory, castigatory, condign, corrective, disciplinary and expiatory.
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