Whipping
/ˈwɪpɪŋ/
Definitions
- (n.) A form of corporal punishment involving beating with a whip or similar instrument.
The law abolished whipping as a judicial penalty.
- (v.) The act of striking someone with a whip, often as punishment or discipline.
The prisoner was whipped for disobedience.
Forms
- whipping
- whippings
- whipped
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Commentary
In legal contexts, whipping is largely disfavored or abolished as a form of punishment, appearing historically or in statutory provisions concerning corporal punishment.
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