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Synonyms for penal
ˈpin lpe·nal
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
penal
Synonyms:
retributive, coercive, visitatorial, castigatory, inflictive, corrective, punitiveAntonyms:
remunerative, reparatory, decorative, honorary
Princeton's WordNet
penaladjective
of or relating to punishment
"penal reform"; "penal code"
Synonyms:
punishableAntonyms:
legal, rehabilitativepenaladjective
serving as or designed to impose punishment
"penal servitude"
Synonyms:
punishableAntonyms:
legal, rehabilitativepenal, punishableadjective
subject to punishment by law
"a penal offense"
Synonyms:
punishableAntonyms:
legal, rehabilitative
Dictionary of English Synonymes
penaladjective
Synonyms:
punitive
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "penal":
criminal, pénal, penitentiary, sanctions, prison, punitive, correctional, penalties, penale
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2384 | criminal | |
#4390 | prison | |
#7997 | penalties | |
#10321 | sanctions | |
#13548 | corrective | |
#15723 | correctional | |
#21027 | penal | |
#21180 | punitive | |
#28149 | punishable | |
#37633 | coercive | |
#44315 | penitentiary | |
#152459 | retributive | |
#309278 | penale |
How to use penal in a sentence?
The 1861 law, under section 243 of the penal code, says abortion can only be performed by a skilled person through operation. Now you and me would ask' who is this skilled person' ? So the new law clarifies that.
We are running the risk of being accused of fornication punishable under the penal code.
We followed the trial carefully and the convicts had been saying that the murder was a planned one, we expected that they would get the heaviest punishment in the Rwanda penal code.
If you look at the Indian penal code, there are so many subclassifications. They range from molestation, assault, to rape and penetrative sex. Here( in the bill) it is very loosely worded.
North Korea has a very strict and very extensive penal code.
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