unpenal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ penal

Adjective[edit]

unpenal

  1. Not penal.
    • 1773, Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, State Papers: Commencing From The Year MDCXXI., page 309:
      […] his dispensation can only make the crime unpenal, not lessen it from being a crime; […]
    • 1848, The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, page 162:
      Can there be no unpenal Parkhurst for the offspring of Honest poverty!
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