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castigation, chastisement
verbal punishment
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corporal punishment
the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
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cruel and unusual punishment
punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed
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detention
a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
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correction, discipline
the act of punishing
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economic strangulation
punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them
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imprisonment
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
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medicine, music
punishment for one's actions
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self-punishment
punishment inflicted on yourself
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stick
threat of a penalty
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penance, self-abasement, self-mortification
voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
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beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
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self-flagellation
self-punishment inflicted by whipping
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spanking
the act of slapping on the buttocks
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electric shock
the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
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capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution
putting a condemned person to death
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gantlet, gauntlet
a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
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kick in the butt
punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind
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lapidation, stoning
the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
