Penal

pe'nal, a. Pert, to pun- ishment enacting or threatening, incurring, or inflicting, Dunishment. [OF.; Jj.pcenalis, fr. poena, Gr.poine, punishment, penalty punish, perh. pure.]— Pen'alty, pen'al-tY, n. Pennant. Penal retribution punishment for offense forfeiture fine. [OF. penaliie".] — Pen'ance, -ans, n. Suffering imposed or submitted to as a punishment for faults, or as an expre ion of penitence. {Rom. Cath. Clu) A sacrament, a ociated with absolution. [OF. L. poenitentia, penitence, q. v., below.] — Pen'itent, -T-tent, a. Repentant contrite sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolving on amendment of life. — n. One who repents of sin one under church censure, but admitted to penance; one under the direction of a confe or. [OF. L. pcenitens, p. pr. of poenitere, to cause to repent, — paenire —punire, to punish (q. v.), pozna.] Pen'itence, -tens, n. Condition of being, etc. contrition compunction; remorse.— Pen'itently, adv. — Peniten'tial, -shal, a. Pert, to, proceeding from, or expre ing penitence. — Peniten'tiary, -sha-rt, a. Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance, —n. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance one who does penance a house of correction in which offenders are confined for punishment and reformation, and compelled to labor state prison. Penates, pe-naAtez,?t.^. (Rom. Antiq.) The household gods of the ancient Latins. [L. penitus, inward, interior see Penetrate.] >nce. See Penny.