Definition of penal

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Penal (a.) Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence.

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Vengement :: Vengement (n.) Avengement; penal retribution; vengeance.
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law..
Forgive :: Forgive (v. t.) To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven.
Penalize :: Penalize (v. t.) To make penal.
Mulctuary :: Mulctuary (a.) Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine..
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty..
Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..
Indemnification :: Indemnification (n.) The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation..
Pecuniary :: Pecuniary (a.) Relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a pecuniary reward..
Suffer :: Suffer (v. i.) To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death..
Pain :: Pain (n.) To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
Reckon :: Reckon (v. i.) To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
Condemn :: Condemn (v. t.) To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty..
Estreat :: Estreat (n.) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer..
Inflict :: Inflict (v. t.) To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal..
Venire Facias :: Venire facias () A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also venire.
Quit :: Quit (a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit..
Praemnire :: Praemnire (v. t.) The subject to the penalties of praemunire.
Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
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