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postpenal

postpenal adjective: after release from a penal institution.

Adjective

postpenal (not comparable)

  1. After release from a penal institution.

Origin of postpenal

From post- + penal.

Questions about postpenal

What does postpenal mean?
Postpenal means after release from a penal institution.
What part of speech is postpenal?
Postpenal is an adjective.

Words near postpenal in the dictionary

  1. postpausally
  2. postpay
  3. postpedicel
  4. postpedicels
  5. postpelagic
  6. postpenal
  7. postpend
  8. postpended
  9. postpending
  10. postpends
  11. postpenial

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