penal
Concerning legal consequences
Penal relates to punishment, especially legal punishment for crimes: penal code, penal system, penal colony.
A penal institution is a prison.
Penal laws prescribe punishments.
The word appears almost exclusively in legal and institutional contexts—you wouldn't describe a parent's discipline as penal.
Symbolic communication system
- statuteEnacted written rule
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
prosecution · conviction · sentence · court · judiciary · indictment · arraignment · verdict
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- correctional facilityInstitution housing convicted offenders
- cellBasic unit of life
- inmateConfined facility resident
prisoner · convict · warden · detention · confinement · custody · bars · cellblock
Punishment for wrongdoing
- fineAcceptable in quality
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- corporal punishmentInflicting pain as penalty
flogging · execution · capital punishment · hard labor · banishment · exile · confiscation · restitution
Recovery from injury/addiction
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- restorative justiceConflict resolution through mutual healing
- probationSupervised trial period
parole · reentry · education · therapy · second chance · community service · human rights · prison reform
Judicial examination of claims
- verdictOfficial court decision
- juryLegal decision-making body
- judgeOne who decides
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
prosecutor · defendant · testimony · evidence · appeal · acquittal · plea · witness
Stopping offenses before occurrence
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
zero tolerance · mandatory minimum · three strikes · severity · example · warning · social control · crime rate
code
Symbolic communication system
criminal · prosecution · conviction · sentence · court · judiciary · indictment · arraignment · verdict · sanction
prison
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- correctional facilityInstitution housing convicted offenders
- cellBasic unit of life
inmate · prisoner · convict · warden · detention · confinement · custody · bars · cellblock · solitary
retribution
Punishment for wrongdoing
- fineAcceptable in quality
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
corporal punishment · flogging · execution · capital punishment · hard labor · banishment · exile · confiscation · restitution · damages
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- restorative justiceConflict resolution through mutual healing
probation · parole · reentry · education · therapy · second chance · community service · human rights · prison reform · abolition
trial
Judicial examination of claims
courtroom · prosecutor · defendant · testimony · evidence · appeal · acquittal · plea · witness · litigation
crime prevention
Stopping offenses before occurrence
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
sanctions · zero tolerance · mandatory minimum · three strikes · severity · example · warning · social control · crime rate
penalrehabilitative
Promoting return to health
restorative · reformative · nonpunitive · therapeutic · corrective
penallegal
Permitted by statute
lawful · permitted · legalized · decriminalized · authorized
penalexonerating
Clearing of wrongdoing
exculpatory · exculpating · pardoning · vindicating · absolving
- death penaltyLegal execution for crimes
- penalty boxHockey infraction seating area
- penalty kickFree shot after infraction
- minor penaltyBrief game exclusion
- pay the penaltySuffer deserved consequences
- penalty shotUnopposed scoring attempt
penalty, penalize, penalties, penitentiary, penalized, penalizing, penalizes, penalised, penal colony