Corporal Punishment (Noun)

Meaning

The infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Hypernyms

• Penalization
• Penalty
• Penalisation

Hyponyms

• Lapidation
• Licking
• Gantlet
• Capital Punishment
• Lacing
• Thrashing
• Drubbing
• Whacking
• Executing
• Trouncing
• Death Penalty