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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"
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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?
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:
Andrew and Myuran are the model of what penal systems the world over long to achieve.
Article 35 of the (New York) penal law permits you to use deadly physical force to stop a fleeing felon who is either charged with a felony or convicted of a felony, so the police officer was spot on.
The purpose of our report is basically to reveal the human rights violations that have taken place within North Korea’s penal systems. (It) finds that even 10 years after the UN established a Commission of Inquiry there still is systematic and widespread human rights violations.
We are running the risk of being accused of fornication punishable under the 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.
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