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penal
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of PENAL
inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment <Australia was once a penal colony>
Synonyms castigating, chastening, chastising, correcting, correctional, corrective, disciplinary, disciplining, penal, penalizing
Near Antonyms compensatory; acquitting, exculpating, exculpatory, exonerating, vindicating; absolving, condoning, pardoning, remitting; commuting, reprieving
Antonyms nonpunitive
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