PENAL INSTITUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penal institution mean? 

• PENAL INSTITUTION (noun)
  The noun PENAL INSTITUTION has 1 sense:

1. an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public

  Familiarity information: PENAL INSTITUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENAL INSTITUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

penal facility; penal institution

Hypernyms ("penal institution" is a kind of...):

institution (an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "penal institution"):

brig (a penal institution (especially on board a ship))

camp (a penal institution (often for forced labor))

correctional institution (a penal institution maintained by the government)

penal colony (a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible))

Holonyms ("penal institution" is a part of...):

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)

 Context examples 

A penal institution maintained by the government.

(Correctional Institute, NCI Thesaurus)