penal institution

Questions about penal institution

What does penal institution mean?

penal institution means "an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public".

What is another word for penal institution?

Close synonyms include penal facility. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is penal institution a common word?

penal institution is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.