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unpenal

unpenal adjective: not penal.

Adjective

unpenal

  1. Not penal.
    • […] 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
    • Can there be no unpenal Parkhurst for the offspring of Honest poverty!1848, The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, page 162

Origin of unpenal

From un- + penal.

Questions about unpenal

What does unpenal mean?
Unpenal means not penal.
What part of speech is unpenal?
Unpenal is an adjective.

Words near unpenal in the dictionary

  1. unpelleted
  2. unpelletized
  3. unpellucid
  4. unpelted
  5. unpen
  6. unpenal
  7. unpenalised
  8. unpenalizable
  9. unpenalized
  10. unpenanced
  11. unpenciled

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