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Corporal punishment Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Corporal punishment has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

2

A form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
punishment
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
beating electric shock execution gauntlet kick in the butt stoning
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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