Usually means: Study of punishment and corrections.
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  1. poenology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. poenology: Collins English Dictionary
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  9. Poenology: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. poenology: FreeDictionary.org
  11. poenology: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ noun:  Obsolete form of penology. [Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.]

Similar:
penology, emprisonment, punishement, pœnalty, palæology, penitentiary, punition, penitency, palæontology, pænitence, more...

Opposite:
criminology, penology's antonym

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Similar:
penology, emprisonment, punishement, pœnalty, palæology, penitentiary, punition, penitency, palæontology, pænitence, more...

Opposite:
criminology, penology's antonym



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