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un- +‎ penal

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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!