corporal punishmentnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌkɔː.pər.əl ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt/us/ˌkɔːr.pɚ.əl ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt/the physical punishment of people, especially of children, by hitting them
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Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- flagellate
- flay
- flog
- kneecap
- lash
- lynch
- lynch law
- mortification
- mortification of the flesh idiom
- rack
- screw
- stone
- tar
- treadmill
- walloping
- whip
- whipping
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Examples from literature
- Corporal punishment of any kind is rare.
- Corporal punishment, except for the gravest offences, is abolished.
- Fines, corporal punishment, and in the case of heinous crimes, mutilation and death are their penalties.
- On this circumstance being reported to the lieutenant-governor, Wright received an immediate corporal punishment.
- They had the power of inflicting corporal punishment.