PENITENTIARY

• (noun) a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

  synonyms : pen

  Spending six years in the pen altered him completely. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) showing or constituting penance

  "penitential tears", "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words"

  synonyms : penitential

• (adj.) used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers

  "penitentiary institutions"

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