unpenal

unpenal

English

Etymology

un- +‎ penal

Adjective

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!