PENAL
\pˈiːnə͡l], \pˈiːnəl], \p_ˈiː_n_əl]\
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Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
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Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense.
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Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.
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Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
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Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense.
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Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pertaining to punishment: incurring or denouncing punishment: used for punishment.
By Daniel Lyons
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Incurring, or prescribing, punishment.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Pertaining to punishment; liable to punishment.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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