Synonyms for penal
ˈpin lpe·nal

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1. penal

   Synonyms:
   retributive, coercive, visitatorial, castigatory, inflictive, corrective, punitive

   Antonyms:
   remunerative, reparatory, decorative, honorary

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1. penaladjective

   of or relating to punishment

   "penal reform"; "penal code"

   Synonyms:
   punishable

   Antonyms:
   legal, rehabilitative

2. penaladjective

   serving as or designed to impose punishment

   "penal servitude"

   Synonyms:
   punishable

   Antonyms:
   legal, rehabilitative

3. penal, punishableadjective

   subject to punishment by law

   "a penal offense"

   Synonyms:
   punishable

   Antonyms:
   legal, rehabilitative

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1. penaladjective

   Synonyms:
   punitive

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1. List of paraphrases for "penal":

   criminal, pénal, penitentiary, sanctions, prison, punitive, correctional, penalties, penale

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1. Aaron Reyes:

   In the video, someone has taken a pig and holds its rear leg in the air while another animal, a dog, runs to attack it, that, in and of itself, is a penal code animal cruelty violation in the state of California, but the office still needs to investigate the circumstances.

2. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

   Andrew and Myuran are the model of what penal systems the world over long to achieve.

3. Jean Lee:

   North Korea has a very strict and very extensive penal code.

4. Charles Wesley:

   I've been focusing more on learning penal code, criminal code of procedure and the things that will keep me from doing something that I shouldn't be doing because I don't know the law the way I should know it.

5. Anitha Shenoy:

   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.