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Synonyms for corporal punishment


Grammar : Noun



Définition of corporal punishment

  • noun physical punishment
Example sentences :
  • Corporal punishment of schoolboys is only useless and harmful brutality.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • I have all my life been opposed to corporal punishment, be it in schools or for criminals.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • Corporal punishment; corporeal or material form or substance.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • Nobody, whatever his rank, was safe from corporal punishment.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
  • No corporal punishment was administered before his seventh year.
  • Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley
  • I have strong prejudices against the system of corporal punishment.
  • Extract from : « Vice Versa » by F. Anstey
  • The Commentator remarks, that this includes every kind of corporal punishment.
  • Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya
  • In Oldburyport, I am happy to say, we believe in corporal punishment.
  • Extract from : « Flint » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
  • Corporal punishment may be, but very rarely is, administered.
  • Extract from : « Ifugao Law » by R. F. Burton
  • I asked him how he was able to dispense with corporal punishment.
  • Extract from : « Slavery » by William E. Channing

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