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unpenal en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + penal.

Meanings

  1. Not penal.
    • Can there be no unpenal Parkhurst for the offspring of Honest poverty! 1848, The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, page 162:
    • […] his dispensation can only make the crime unpenal, not lessen it from being a crime; […] 1773, Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, State Papers: Commencing From The Year MDCXXI., page 309: