corporal punishment

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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