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Definitions

corporal punishment

NOUN

physical punishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

spanking whipping

WEAK

beating flagellation flogging paddling

Example Sentences

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Those who came before us also absorbed things in school no one’s pining to bring back, like corporal punishment or Manifest Destiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

That includes by rehiring all women teachers, reforming the curriculum in line with international human rights standards and ending corporal punishment.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

As Human Rights Watch explained in a recent report, "US states overwhelmingly fail to live up to key standards" on "the issues of child marriage, corporal punishment, child labor, and juvenile justice."

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the African American community has a complicated relationship with corporal punishment of kids.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2023

From En-gland and Europe, the United States had inherited a system of mainly corporal punishment for crimes.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover