Definition of corporal punishment
- The school banned corporal punishment many years ago.
: a linen cloth on which the eucharistic elements are placed
: corporeal, physical
: of, relating to, or affecting the body
: a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army above a private first class and below a sergeant and in the marine corps above a lance corporal and below a sergeant
: the act of punishing
: suffering, pain, or loss that serves as retribution
: a penalty inflicted on an offender through judicial procedure
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