flagellation
4
9.9
- noun
- /ˌflædʒəˈleɪʃən/
- Offensive
:
flagelación
- Sanctions, at best, are a double-edged sword, and at worst, an act of self-flagellation, and we are getting there.
- self-flagellation
Examples
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They continue around and here we have the flagellation, then the crucifixion.
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Now, this is when we get to the self-flagellation portion, which is the final step.
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And this ridiculous self-flagellation, in my view, is just depressing.
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And then in penance for their sins, indulging in flagellation till their bodies wept tears of blood.
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Shi'a of different ethnic groups had quite different traditions of chants, majles behavior, and self-flagellation.
Academic text (2003) -
As a monk, he was a strong advocate of "the discipline" or self-flagellation, but his sermons reveal a playfulness and delightfulness that seem inconsistent with his harshness.
Academic text (2004) -
Many religious groups have practiced flagellation as a way to seek forgiveness for their sins.
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The ritual of flagellation is often performed during certain religious ceremonies to symbolize penance.
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Some people believe that flagellation can heighten sexual arousal during intimate moments.
Synonyms
276
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
22
3.8
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
11
5.7
Physical hitting of a person to make them obey rules
6
7.0
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
6
6.7
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
1
8.0
An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment
1
9.9
A beating with a strap or rope given as punishment
A severe beating that someone gets as punishment
To be whipped as punishment while bent over a cannon
Antonyms
Compounds
2
9.9
To punish yourself by hitting your body with a whip, often for religious reasons
How Severe
- NSFW
2
9.5
- Offensive
4
9.9
- Offensive
22
3.8
- NSFW
1
8.0
- NSFW
276
4.2
- NSFW
4
6.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
flagellation = flagellate (transparent) = flagell + ation
Derived from the verb 'flagellate' with the productive nominalizing suffix '-ation', yielding 'the act or process of flagellating' which is directly predictable.
Etymology
The word flagellation comes from the Latin root flagell-, which means 'whip'. So flagellation is literally the act of whipping the body, used as punishment, as a religious practice to show sorrow for sins, or sometimes for sexual pleasure.