We found 28 dictionaries that define the word penology:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

1. penology: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2. penology: Merriam-Webster
3. penology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
4. penology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
5. penology: Collins English Dictionary
6. penology: Vocabulary.com
7. Penology, penology: Wordnik
8. penology: Wiktionary
9. penology: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
10. penology: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
11. penology: Infoplease Dictionary
12. penology: Dictionary.com
13. penology: Online Etymology Dictionary
14. Penology: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
15. Penology: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
16. penology: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
17. penology: Rhymezone
18. Penology: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
19. penology: FreeDictionary.org
20. penology: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
21. penology: Mnemonic Dictionary
22. penology: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

23. penology: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
24. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
25. penology: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

26. penology: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

27. penology: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
28. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (penology) ▸ noun:  Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime. Similar: poenology, crime science, criminal law, criminology, ponerology, psychonosology, criminalistics, politology, victimology, pedology, more... Opposite: criminology, justice, law enforcement Types: incarceration, rehabilitation, deterrence, retribution, restorative justice, more... Phrases: Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, more... Adjectives: new, modern, american, progressive, old, scientific, enlightened, classical, contemporary, comparative, constitutive ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to penology ▸ Usage examples for penology ▸ Idioms related to penology ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing penology ▸ Words that often appear near penology ▸ Rhymes of penology ▸ Invented words related to penology