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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









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