penitentiary
意味
- 刑務所,(特に)米国の州(連邦)刑務所(特に重罪人を入れる)
- 後悔の,ざんげの
- (罪が)米国州(連邦)刑務所に入れるべき
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English penitentiary, from Medieval Latin pēnitentiārius (“place of penitence”), from Latin paenitentia (“penitence”), term used by the Quakers in Pennsylvania during the 1790s, describing a place for penitents to dwell upon their sins.