noun
the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
• Hypernyms: ↑punishment, ↑penalty, ↑penalization, ↑penalisation
• Hyponyms:
↑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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noun [noncount]
: punishment that involves hitting someone : physical punishment
The school banned corporal punishment many years ago.
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the physical punishment of people, especially by hitting them
Useful english dictionary. 2012.