corporal punishment 1
noundomain: activity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
Hypernym
punishment 1
noun
the act of punishing
EnglishHyponym
beating 2
noun
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
electric shock 1
noun
the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
execution 1
noun
putting a condemned person to death
gauntlet 4
noun
a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind
