corporal punishment
11
5.7
- noun
- /ˈkɔrpərəl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/
- Offensive
:
castigo corporal
- Thirty-eight states have laws that prohibit the use of corporal punishment.
- the use of corporal punishment
- administer corporal punishment
- receive corporal punishment
Now, one of the key aspects of pedagogy at the time is corporal punishment, beating, beating students.
- Now, one of the key aspects of pedagogy at the time is corporal punishment, beating, beating students.
- That to me is the correct policy for corporal punishment.
- There is no non corporal punishment.
- But clearly, and here I'm not, I'm not supporting the use of corporal punishment.
- Because corporal punishment was in order at the time and I think it still is to a certain extent.
Examples
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The committee members should receive supervision and training in the use of corporal punishment.
Academic text (1992) -
The school should identify a committee that will be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of corporal punishment.
Academic text (1992) -
But then he talked a little bit about why they stopped doing corporal punishment in English schools.
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The teacher may decide that the student needs to receive corporal punishment.
Academic text (1992) -
For example, rural schools used corporal punishment and suspension without services more often than schools in other locations.
Academic text (2008) -
We don't use corporal punishment here.
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In the Caribbean, corporal punishment is a common and traditional means of disciplining children.
Academic text (1992) -
As a result, we are rather pessimistic that corporal punishment will be banned in the immediate future.
Academic text (1991) -
We believe that the evidence we have discussed forcefully argues for the banning of corporal punishment from American public schools.
Academic text (1991) -
The school board is debating whether to reinstate corporal punishment for students who break the rules.
Synonyms
276
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
33
4.8
A hit on a child's bottom as punishment
22
3.8
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
6
7.0
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
6
6.7
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
4
9.9
Beating the body as a religious ceremony, as punishment, or for sexual pleasure
4
6.9
To punish someone by hitting them with a stick
1
8.0
An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment
1
5.1
A light spanking with a flat board used as punishment
1
9.9
A beating with a strap or rope given as punishment
1
8.6
A severe beating given as punishment
1
9.9
A punishment that involves beating the soles of someone's feet with a stick
A severe beating that someone gets as punishment
To be whipped as punishment while bent over a cannon
Antonyms
How Physical
- Offensive
262
7.1
- Offensive
11
5.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'physical punishment' is directly derivable from combining 'corporal' (bodily/physical) with 'punishment' (a penalty); a learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE. This compositional pattern is common across languages (e.g., Spanish 'castigo corporal'), reinforcing its predictability for B1 learners.
Etymology
Corporal punishment comes from an old word: corporal meant 'body', so the phrase literally meant punishment of the body. That's why corporal punishment means 'physical punishment', like hitting or beating.