1. Used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
   "penitentiary institutions" 
2. Showing or constituting penance
   - penitential

1. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
   - pen

Derived forms: penitentiaries

See also: penitence, penitent, punitive, punitory, repentant

Type of: correctional institution

Encyclopedia: Penitentiary

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