Synonyms for corporal punishment
cor·po·ral pun·ish·ment

Princeton's WordNet

1. corporal punishmentnoun

   the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

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1. • Punishment

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1. James McNulty:

   We're very aware of Jeb Bush and his stance on corporal punishment.

2. Claudia Cappa:

   Witnessing corporal punishment by teachers sends a message to children themselves that violence is acceptable in schools, which it is not.

3. Gail Smith:

   As a school board, we looked carefully at corporal punishment and made the determination that indeed there were other forms of discipline that were more effective.

4. Rebecca Ryan:

   There probably is reverse causation, but one of the things that some of the longitudinal research suggests is that when you look at kids over time -- so controlling for baseline rates of misbehavior -- children who are disciplined with corporal punishment versus those who are not, who have the same kinds of behavior problems, show increases in behavior problems over time in a way that children who aren't disciplined that way don't, so yes, there is probably some truth to the idea that kids who are predisposed to misbehavior for whatever reason are more likely to be spanked by parents who use that form of discipline than kids who are less likely to misbehave for whatever reason.

5. Amnesty International Iran researcher:

   This punishment exposes the utter brutality of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity, meting out cruel and inhuman retribution punishments is not justice. Blinding, like stoning, amputation and flogging, is a form of corporal punishment prohibited by international law. Such punishments should not be carried out under any circumstances.