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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation;
[syn: penology, poenology]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Penology \Pe*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. poinh`, or L. poena, punishment + -logy.] The science or art of punishment. [Written also p[oe]nology.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

penology n 1: the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation [syn: penology, poenology]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "penology": castigation, chastening, chastisement, condign punishment, correction, deserts, disciplinary measures, discipline, ferule, infliction, judgment, judicial punishment, nemesis, pains, pains and punishments, pay, payment, penal retribution, penalty, punishment, punition, retribution, retributive justice, scourge, well-deserved punishment, what-for