CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

Meaning of CORPORAL PUNISHMENT in English

ˌcorporal ˈpunishment BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

punishment that involves hitting someone, especially in schools and prisons ⇨ capital punishment :

Corporal punishment was abolished in Britain in 1986.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — Infliction of physical pain upon a person's body as punishment for a crime or infraction. Such penalties include beating, branding, …
Английский словарь Британика
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — noun Etymology: corporal (II) 1. : punishment applied to the body of an offender including the death penalty, whipping, and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — 1. Law. physical punishment, as flogging, inflicted on the body of one convicted of a crime: formerly included the death …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — physical punishment, beatings
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — ■ noun physical punishment, such as caning or flogging.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — the infliction of physical pain upon a person's body as punishment for a crime or infraction. Corporal punishments include flogging, …
Britannica English vocabulary
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — noun [ U ] the physical punishment of people, especially by hitting them
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ In 1987, California prohibited corporal punishment in schools. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Beccaria was …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — Infliction of physical pain upon a person's body as punishment for a crime or infraction. Such penalties include beating, branding, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — Synonyms and related words : bastinado, basting, battery, beating, belting, buffeting, caning, clubbing, cowhiding, cudgeling, drubbing, flagellation, flailing, flogging, fustigation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — See ↑ HIT 5
Longman Activator English vocab
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — A punishment for some violation of conduct which involves the infliction of pain on, or harm to the body. A …
Duhaime's Law English Dictionary
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — Телесные наказания
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание; применение физической силы с целью исправления поведения наказуемого.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — телесное наказание, порка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CORPORAL — adj corporal, bodily
Interlingua English vocab
CORPORAL — ~, (mil.) caporale
English interlingue dictionary
PUNISHMENT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) capital punishment corporal punishment strong and hard punishment
Английский словарь Британика
CORPORAL — I. ˈkȯrp(ə)rəl, ˈkȯ(ə)p- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English corporale, from Middle French corporal, from Medieval Latin corporale, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — ˈpənishmənt, -nēsh- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English punisshement, from Middle French punissement, from puniss- (stem of punir to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CORPORAL — corporal 1 — corporality , n. — corporally , adv. /kawr"peuhr euhl, -preuhl/ , adj. 1. of the human body; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CORPORAL — I. ˈkȯr-p(ə-)rəl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin corporale, from Latin, neuter of corporalis; from the doctrine …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — noun the act of punishing. 2. punishment ·add. ·noun severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. 3. punishment ·noun any pain, suffering, …
Webster English vocab
CORPORAL — adj belonging or relating to the body; bodily. 2. corporal ·adj ·alt. of corporale. 3. corporal ·adj having a body …
Webster English vocab
CORPORAL — [cor.po.ral] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. ML corporale, fr. L, neut. of corporalis; fr. the doctrine that the bread of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUNISHMENT — the infliction of some kind of pain or loss upon a person for a misdeedi.e., the transgression of a law …
Britannica English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — punishment BrE AmE ˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt ▷ punishment|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CORPORAL — corporal BrE AmE ˈkɔːp ə r‿ ə l AmE \ ˈkɔːrp- ▷ corporal|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — / ˈpʌnɪʃmənt; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] punishment (for sth) an act or a way of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CORPORAL — / ˈkɔːpərəl; NAmE ˈkɔːrp-/ noun ( abbr. Cpl ) a member of one of the lower ranks in the army, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — pun ‧ ish ‧ ment W3 /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ punishable , ↑ punishing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CORPORAL — n. a cloth on which the vessels containing the consecrated elements are placed during the celebration of the Eucharist. [OE …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CORPORAL — n. 1 a non-commissioned army or air-force officer ranking next below sergeant. 2 (in full ship's corporal) Brit. an officer …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CORPORAL — n. a cloth on which the vessels containing the consecrated elements are placed during the celebration of the Eucharist. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CORPORAL — adj. of or relating to the human body (cf. CORPOREAL). corporal punishment punishment inflicted on the body, esp. by beating. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CORPORAL — n. 1 a non-commissioned army or air-force officer ranking next below sergeant. 2 (in full ship's corporal) Brit. an officer …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CORPORAL — 1. n.1 a non-commissioned army or air-force officer ranking next below sergeant. 2 (in full ship's corporal) Brit. an officer …
Oxford English vocab
PUNISHMENT — ( punishments) 1. Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CORPORAL — ( corporals) A corporal is a non-commissioned officer in the army or United States Marines. The corporal shouted an order …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — (~s) 1. Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the physical …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CORPORAL — (~s) A ~ is a non-commissioned officer in the army or United States Marines. The ~ shouted an order at …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PUNISHMENT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES administer justice/punishment etc ▪ It is not the job of the police to administer justice; …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CORPORAL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES corporal punishment (= when someone punishes a child by hitting them ) ▪ Corporal punishment …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — [noun]Many people think that the death penalty is too severe a punishment for any crime. [C](formal) It was always our …
Cambridge English vocab
CORPORAL — (RANK), abbreviation Corp [noun] [C] - a person of low rank in an army or an air forceA corporal is …
Cambridge English vocab
PUNISHMENT — n. capital punishment corporal punishment strong and hard punishment
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CORPORAL — Synonyms and related words : NCO, acting corporal, acting sergeant, altar cloth, baldacchino, baldachin, baptismal font, bodily, carnal, centurion, cerecloth, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CORPORAL — To mount a corporal and four; to be guilty of onanism: the thumb is the corporal, the four fingers the …
Slang English vocab
PUNISHMENT — n. Function: noun the act or an instance of punishing FF1C; a spanking was his punishment FF1E; Synonyms: castigation, chastisement, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PUNISHMENT — noun the act or an instance of punishing a spanking was his punishment Synonyms: castigation, chastisement, correction, discipline, punition, rod …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — See ↑ PUNISH 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a glutton for punishment • ↑ capital punishment • ↑ corporal punishment
Longman Activator English vocab

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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