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penitentiary
Synonyms and Antonyms of penitentiary
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank
glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s)
concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp
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