penal

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Adjective penal has 3 senses

penal - of or relating to punishment; "penal reform"; "penal code"
penal - serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude"; "a penal colony"
Antonym: rehabilitative (indirect, via punitive)
penal, punishable - subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"
Antonym: legal (indirect, via illegal)

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