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I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.
Roger Mahony

Meaning of "penal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PENAL

From Late Latin poenālis concerning punishment, from poena penalty.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PENAL

penal  [ˈpiːnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Penal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PENAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Penal

Peneral is a town in south Trinidad and Tobago. It lies south of San Fernando and Debe, and north of Siparia. It was originally a rice and cocoa producing area but is now a rapidly expanding and developing town. The population is 12,281. The heart of Penal contains many businesses while the outskirts focus on agricultural development. Penal has a police station, branches of three banks health facilities, photo studios, fast food restaurants, service stations and clothing stores. Penal plays a major role in the energy supply to the nation's populace. Petrotrin, the national oil company, has a major sub-unit in Clarke Road and the National Gas Company has gas lines running through Penal that links the gas fields of the South East Coast and the industrial estates. One of the countries three major power generating plants owned by Powergen Ltd is located at Syne Village to the west of Penal. The area is known for the High Schools located in the Penal-Debe area. It is one of the areas in Trinidad that has the most schools. Debe is also known for the Doubles, Roti and Aloo-Pies, which are always packed with customers for delicious cuisine.

Definition of penal in the English dictionary

The first definition of penal in the dictionary is of, relating to, constituting, or prescribing punishment. Other definition of penal is payable as a penalty. Penal is also used or designated as a place of punishment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENAL


adrenal
əˈdriːnəl
albinal
ælˈbiːnəl
carinal
kəˈriːnəl
duodenal
ˌdjuːəʊˈdiːnəl
encinal
ɛnˈsiːnəl
eternal
ɪˈtɜːnəl
external
ɪkˈstɜːnəl
gastroduodenal
ˌɡæstrəʊˌdjuːəʊˈdiːnəl
genal
ˈdʒiːnəl
internal
ɪnˈtɜːnəl
interrenal
ˌɪntəˈriːnəl
journal
ˈdʒɜːnəl
prerenal
priːˈriːnəl
renal
ˈriːnəl
scarlatinal
ˌskɑːləˈtiːnəl
suprarenal
ˌsuːprəˈriːnəl
thenal
ˈθiːnəl
tribunal
traɪˈbjuːnəl
venal
ˈviːnəl
weanel
ˈwiːnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENAL

penal code
penal colony
penal servitude
penal settlement
penalisation
penalise
penality
penalization
penalize
penally
penalties
penalty
penalty area
penalty box
penalty clause
penalty corner
penalty goal
penalty kick
penalty killer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENAL

arsenal
Cardenal
catechumenal
crumenal
epagomenal
epiphenomenal
hymenal
isocheimenal
juvenal
lienal
lumenal
noumenal
phenomenal
prolegomenal
translumenal

Synonyms and antonyms of penal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PENAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «penal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of penal

Translation of «penal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENAL

Find out the translation of penal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of penal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «penal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有关刑罚的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

penal
570 millions of speakers

English

penal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العقوبات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уголовный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

penal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফৌজদারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pénal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hukuman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Strafrechts-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

刑事上の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교정의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình sự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தண்டனைக்குரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंडात्मक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ceza
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

penale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

karny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Кримінальний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

penal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ποινικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

straf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

straff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Straffe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of penal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENAL»

The term «penal» is very widely used and occupies the 12.153 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «penal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «penal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about penal

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9 QUOTES WITH «PENAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word penal.
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
Death is not only an unusually severe punishment, unusual in its pain, in its finality and in its enormity, but is serves no penal purpose more effectively than a less severe punishment.
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Taylor Caldwell
The world is a penal institution.
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Christopher Hitchens
My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can't disprove it either.
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Roger Mahony
I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.
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James McHenry
In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions.
6
Frank Morgan
I'm eternally grateful to the penal system in California for saving my life.
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Vladimir Potanin
Frankly speaking, I decided to become a businessman at the moment when I understood that it is possible, because I grew up in a country where it was not possible. There existed even a special article in the penal code of the Soviet Union which punished entrepreneurial activity.
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T.I.
Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.
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Dean Winters
I've definitely become more aware of the penal system and more aware of what life could be like inside a prison.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENAL»

Discover the use of penal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to penal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Penal Philosophy
The book should be of interest to students of criminology, jurisprudence and sociology.
Gabriel Tarde, Gabriel de Tarde, Piers Beirne
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Penal Populism and Public Opinion : Lessons from Five ...
Although criminal justice systems vary greatly around the world, one theme has emerged in all western jurisdictions in recent years: a rise in both the rhetoric and practice of severe punishment at a time when public opinion has played a ...
Julian V. Roberts Professor of Criminology University of Ottawa, Chicago Loretta J. Stalans Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Loyola University, David Indermaur Senior Research Fellow at the Crime Research Center University of Western Australia, 2002
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The Penal System: An Introduction
Fully revised and updated to account for recent changes in the Criminal Justice System, the new edition includes: - Expanded material on restorative justice - An expanded section on gender and the Criminal Justice System - Greater coverage ...
Michael Cavadino, James Dignan, George Mair, 2013
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Penal Reform in Overcrowded Times
This volume brings together a collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other English-speaking countries.
Institute of Criminology Cambridge University Michael Tonry Professor of Law and Public Policy and Director, 2001
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When Children Kill Children: Penal Populism and Political ...
This book argues that English adversarial political culture creates far more incentives to politicize high-profile crimes than Norwegian consensus political culture.
David A. Green, 2008
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Penal Populism
Following the USA, in many Western countries over the last decade, prison rates have increased while crime rates have declined. This key book examines the role played by penal populism on this and other trends in contemporary penal policy.
John Pratt, 2007
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Pierced for Our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of ...
With the central Christian doctrine of penal substitutionincreasingly under attack, these authors articulate a series ofresponses to specific theological and cultural criticisms.
Steve Jeffery, Michael Ovey, Andrew Sach, 2007
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A Penal Code
This volume is a reprint of the London edition that was reprinted from the Calcutta edition of the original text of the Penal Code as issued by the Indian Law Commission, October 14, 1837.
‎1838
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Codification, Macaulay and the Indian Penal Code: The ...
This resulting book comprises not only a description of the general principles found in the IPC, but a consideration of modern views and developments on those principles and related doctrinal issues, and proposals for reforming the IPC in ...
Dr Wing-Cheong Chan, Professor Barry Wright, Professor Stanley Yeo, 2013
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The purely penal law theory in the Spanish theologians from ...
There are those who, while professing grand and noble sentiments, nevertheless in reality live always as if they cared nothing for the needs of society.
William Daniel, 1968

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term penal is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Banished' shows British penal colony in 18th century Australia no …
First of all, let me say that there are a lot of good-looking people in this penal colony. Series leads MyAnna Buring – who you may recall as the ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
2
For true penal reform, focus on the violent offenders
Obama's speeches, unfortunately, explicitly emphasized one of the most problematic myths standing in the way of true penal reform, and the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Quick Thoughts: John Reynolds on Recent Amendments to the …
John Reynolds (JR): On 20 July, Israel's parliament (Knesset) passed an amendment to the penal code to increase the maximum sentences for ... «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»
4
Law Association: urgent need for penal reform
They underscore the urgent need for a comprehensive and urgent Audit into the conditions, system and procedures employed in our penal ... «Trinidad News, Jul 15»
5
Fue Penal or No Fue Penal? A VICE Sports Debate
Aaron "Mitt4FIFA" Gordon: Ok, Jorge. Since you are VICE Sports' resident Mexican, we need to talk about what happened in the 122nd minute ... «VICE, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Psychological consequences of US penal system
New York City's major jail complex, Rikers Island, is considered by many to be one of the toughest, most violent, and out of control prisons in ... «UI The Daily Iowan, Jul 15»
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J&K Shri Ram Sena demands penal action against Director, Joint …
Mahajan demanded the Chief Minister to take penal action against Director Information, Joint Director Information and Deputy Director ... «Merinews, Jul 15»
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Right to a fair trial and the penal courts of peace
criminal law and criminal procedure are being used as tools to deal with political rivals and overpower the opposition. Criminal procedure in ... «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
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Has the BECE deteriorated into a penal code? How to transform …
Howard Gardner – the author of “Changing Minds” - has done the world a great service, and he needs a standing ovation for it. Gone are the ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
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Drop sedition charge against Ali Tinju for Penal Code alternative …
“He [Ali] could have been charged under Penal Code sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 504 (breach of peace) or 505 (public mischief),” the ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»

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