- corporeal punishment
- physical punishment, beatings
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
corporeal punishment
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corporeal — corporal, corporeal Both words are now largely restricted to particular uses. Corporal means ‘relating to the human body’ and is found chiefly in the expression corporal punishment (beating, spanking, etc., now effectively banned in schools in… … Modern English usage
corporeal — /karporiyal/ A term descriptive of such things as have an objective, material existence; perceptible by the senses of sight and touch; possessing a real body. Opposed to incorporeal and spiritual. There is a distinction between corporeal and… … Black's law dictionary
corporeal — /karporiyal/ A term descriptive of such things as have an objective, material existence; perceptible by the senses of sight and touch; possessing a real body. Opposed to incorporeal and spiritual. There is a distinction between corporeal and… … Black's law dictionary
Corporal punishment — Corporal Cor po*ral, a. [L. corporalis, fr. corpus body. See {Corpse}.] 1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. Past corporal toil. Shak. [1913 Webster] Pillories and other corporal infections. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Corporal punishment}… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corporal punishment — 1. 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. 2. physical punishment, as spanking, inflicted on a child by an adult in… … Universalium
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Corporal — Cor po*ral, a. [L. corporalis, fr. corpus body. See {Corpse}.] 1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. Past corporal toil. Shak. [1913 Webster] Pillories and other corporal infections. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Corporal punishment} (law),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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