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penology

penology noun: study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.

Noun

penology (countable and uncountable, plural penologies)

  1. Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.

penology meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Indonesian

penology in Tamil

தண்டனை ஆய்வு நூல், தண்டனை இயல்

penology in Bengali

দণ্ডবিজ্ঞান

penology in Arabic

study of punishment and prevention of crime
عِلْم الْعِقَاب ʕilm al-ʕiqāb

penology in Indonesian

study of punishment and prevention of crime
penologi
More languagesFewer languages
penology in Persian
کیفرشناسی keyfaršenâsi

Forms of penology

pluralpenologies
alternative formpœnology
alternative formpoenology

Origin of penology

From Latin poena (“penalty, punishment”) + -ology.

Questions about penology

What does penology mean?
Penology means study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.
What is penology in Tamil?
Penology in Tamil is தண்டனை ஆய்வு நூல், தண்டனை இயல். See Penology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is penology?
Penology is a noun.
What is the plural of penology?
The plural of penology is penologies.

Words near penology in the dictionary

  1. penological
  2. penologically
  3. penologies
  4. penologist
  5. penologists
  6. penology
  7. penomegaly
  8. penoncel
  9. penoncels
  10. Penong
  11. penopause

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penology (page history and authors); penology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); penology (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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