English noun: corporal punishment | |||
1. | corporal punishment (act) the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime | ||
Broader (hypernym) | penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beating, capital punishment, death penalty, drubbing, electric shock, executing, execution, gantlet, gauntlet, kick in the butt, lacing, lapidation, licking, stoning, thrashing, trouncing, whacking | ||