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corporal punishment

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noun
  1. Law. physical punishment, as flogging, inflicted on the body of one convicted of a crime: formerly included the death penalty, sentencing to a term of years, etc.
  2. physical punishment, as spanking, inflicted on a child by an adult in authority.
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Origin of corporal punishment

First recorded in 1575–85
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British Dictionary definitions for corporal punishment

corporal punishment

noun
  1. punishment of a physical nature, such as caning, flogging, or beating
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