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Princeton's WordNet

  1. whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellationnoun

    beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

Wiktionary

  1. floggingnoun

    Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.

    What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.

Wikipedia

  1. flogging

    Flagellation (Latin flagellum, 'whip'), flogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, etc. Typically, flogging has been imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; however, it can also be submitted to willingly and even done by oneself in sadomasochistic or religious contexts. The strokes are typically aimed at the unclothed back of a person, though they can be administered to other areas of the body. For a moderated subform of flagellation, described as bastinado, the soles of a person's bare feet are used as a target for beating (see foot whipping). In some circumstances the word flogging is used loosely to include any sort of corporal punishment, including birching and caning. However, in British legal terminology, a distinction was drawn (and still is, in one or two colonial territories) between flogging (with a cat o' nine tails) and whipping (formerly with a whip, but since the early 19th century with a birch). In Britain these were both abolished in 1948.

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  1. flogging

    Flogging is a form of punishment that involves beating or whipping a person's body with a whip, stick, or other similar objects. It is typically used as a judicial punishment in some cultures or societies. The severity and method of the flogging can vary greatly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Flogging

    of Flog

  2. Flogging

    from Flog, v. t

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. flogging

    A barbarous punishment formerly inflicted in the British army and navy. It was generally administered with a whip, or “cat-of-nine-tails,” on the bare back. This mode of punishment formerly existed in the American army and navy.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of flogging in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of flogging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of flogging in a Sentence

  1. Said Boumedouha:

    The world’s spotlight is shining on Saudi Arabia. If authorities ignore widespread criticism and unashamedly continue with the flogging of Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia would be demonstrating contempt for international law and disregard for world opinion, flogging and other forms of corporal judicial punishment violate the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. By continuing to dole out this inhuman punishment the Saudi Arabian authorities are flagrantly flouting basic human rights principles.

  2. Amnesty International:

    The flogging of Raif Badawi is a vicious act of cruelty which is prohibited under international law, by ignoring international calls to cancel the flogging Saudi Arabia's authorities have demonstrated an abhorrent disregard for the most basic human rights principles.

  3. Philip Luther:

    The Iranian authorities’ prolific use of corporal punishment, including on children, demonstrates a shocking disregard for basic humanity, they should immediately abolish all forms of such punishment, which in Iran includes amputation and blinding as well as flogging.

  4. Hussam Eesa:

    They torture the children – mostly flogging, beating on the hands and feet, and psychological torture.

  5. Philip Luther:

    The circumstances of this case are absolutely shocking, representing another horrific example of the Iranian authorities’ warped priorities, no one, regardless of age, should be subjected to flogging; that a child was prosecuted for consuming alcohol and sentenced to 80 lashes beggars belief.

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