penitentiary meaning in Kannada
ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತ ಭವನ
/ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/
penitentiary in Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತ ಭವನ, ಸುಧಾರಣಾ ಕಾರಾಗೃಹ. In English, penitentiary means a state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
Kannada words for penitentiary
- ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತ ಭವನ, ಸುಧಾರಣಾ ಕಾರಾಗೃಹ
English meaning of penitentiary
- noun A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
- noun A priest in the Roman Catholic Church who administers the sacrament of penance.
- noun One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
- noun One who does penance.
penitentiary in a sentence
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:penitentiary.
Synonyms of penitentiary
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Questions about penitentiary in Kannada
- What is the meaning of penitentiary in Kannada?
- Penitentiary in Kannada is ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತ ಭವನ, ಸುಧಾರಣಾ ಕಾರಾಗೃಹ.
- penitentiary ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
- Penitentiary: ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತ ಭವನ, ಸುಧಾರಣಾ ಕಾರಾಗೃಹ.
- What does penitentiary mean in English?
- Penitentiary means a state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: penitentiary (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: penitentiary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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