corporal punishment (n)

n01161161

type n
lex_filenum 04
def the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
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Hypernym punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
Hyponym beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking; electric shock; execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty; gauntlet, gantlet; kick in the butt; stoning, lapidation
Incoming links
Hyponym punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
Hypernym beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking; electric shock; execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty; gauntlet, gantlet; kick in the butt; stoning, lapidation

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