ALL meanings of corporal punishment
cor·po·ral pun·ish·ment
C c - uncountable noun corporal punishment Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them. 3
- noun corporal punishment punishment of a physical nature, such as caning, flogging, or beating 3
- noun corporal punishment punishment inflicted directly on the body, as flogging: now usually distinguished from capital punishment, imprisonment, etc. 3
- noun corporal punishment physical: beating, caning 1
- noun corporal punishment 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. 1
- noun corporal punishment physical punishment, as spanking, inflicted on a child by an adult in authority. 1
- noun corporal punishment A form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body. 0