penitentiary
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
Types & categories
- correctional institution hypernym
Related & opposite
- penitentiary derivation
Sense 2 adjective
used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
penitentiary institutions
Related & opposite
- penitentiary derivation
- penance derivation
- punitive similar to
Sense 3 adjective
showing or constituting penance
penitential tears
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | penitentiary |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | correctional institution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | penitentiary |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | penance |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | punitive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | penance |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | penitent |