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    PENAL INSTITUTION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    penal facility; penal institution

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    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)

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