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corporal punishment, n.
more info the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
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corporal punishment
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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