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Word: Penality
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Middle French pénalité suffering, punishment and its etymon post-classical Latin penalitas, poenalitas punishment, penalty, sorrow, suffering from classical Latin poenālis + -tās
Definition:
The state or condition of being penal.
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