Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flagellation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flagellation \Flag`el*la"tion\, n. [L. flagellatio: cf. F.
flagellation.]
A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. --Garth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flagellation
n : beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
[syn: {whipping}, {tanning}, {flogging}, {lashing}]
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