| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
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| Adj. | 1. | penal - of or relating to punishment; "penal reform"; "penal code" |
| 2. | penal - serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude"; "a penal colony" | |
| 3. | penal - subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" Synonyms: punishable |
LAW, PENAL. One which inflicts a penalty for a violation of its enactment.
PENAL. That which may be punished; that which inflicts a punishment.
punitive, punitory