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. Anna Veduta:

   Even if the reports about Navalny being transferred to the Melekhovo Penal Colony are true, it is hardly a relief. This colony is known to be one of the toughest and most torturous in Russia, before Navalny’s appeal to a nine-year sentence in a maximum-security prison was upheld, there were already rumors he would be transferred to this colony.

3. Leila Ahsan:

   He has been jailed over a year and ... keeping him in jail is illegal based on Iran's new penal code.

4. Jean Lee:

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

5. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

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