Meanings
adjective
- Not penal.
Can there be no unpenal Parkhurst for the offspring of Honest poverty!
1848, The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, page 1621 more example
[…] 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
Origin
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Chicago
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