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cor·po·ral pun·ish·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
corporal punishmentnoun
the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
Wiktionary
corporal punishmentnoun
A form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body.
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Corporal punishment
A corporal punishment or a physical punishment is a punishment which is intended to cause physical pain to a person. When it is inflicted on minors, especially in home and school settings, its methods may include spanking or paddling. When it is inflicted on adults, it may be inflicted on prisoners and slaves.
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corporal punishment
Corporal punishment is a form of physical discipline that involves the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offense, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behavior deemed unacceptable. This often includes practices such as spanking or paddling.
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Corporal punishment
Corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that involves the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable. The term usually refers to methodically striking the offender with the open hand or with an implement, whether in judicial, domestic, or educational settings. Corporal punishment is defined by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child as: "any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light." Corporal punishment may be divided into three main types: ⁕Parental or domestic corporal punishment: within the family—typically, children punished by parents or guardians; ⁕School corporal punishment: within schools, when students are punished by teachers or school administrators, or, in the past, apprentices by master craftsmen; ⁕Judicial corporal punishment: as part of a criminal sentence ordered by a court of law. Closely related is prison corporal punishment, ordered either directly by the prison authorities or by a visiting court. Corporal punishment is also still allowed in some military settings, and banned in others.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corporal punishment in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corporal punishment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of corporal punishment in a Sentence
We're very aware of Jeb Bush and his stance on corporal punishment.
It (corporal punishment) can't be excluded but it certainly was not genocide.
Amnesty International Iran researcher:
This punishment exposes the utter brutality of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity, meting out cruel and inhuman retribution punishments is not justice. Blinding, like stoning, amputation and flogging, is a form of corporal punishment prohibited by international law. Such punishments should not be carried out under any circumstances.
Schools are not as safe as they should be, because of bullying, because of corporal punishment by teachers, because of attacks on schools.
While I am not a fan of corporal punishment, I am not a fan of his friends Major Nuisance or General Disturbance.
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