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penology


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Penology  \Pe*nol"o*gy\,  n.  [Gr.  ?,  or  L.  poena  punishment  + 
  -logy.] 
  The  science  or  art  of  punishment.  [Written  also 
  {p[oe]nology}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  penology 
  n  :  the  branch  of  criminology  concerned  with  prison  management 
  and  prisoner  rehabilitation  [syn:  {poenology}] 




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