Synset
the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
<noun.act>
corporal punishment
semantic pointers
hypernym
punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
hyponym
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
electric shock
execution, capital punishment, executing, death penalty
gauntlet, gantlet
kick in the butt
stoning, lapidation
