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/kˈɔrpərəl pˈənɪʃmənt/ Listen

adjective

Corporal adj.

Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. "Past corporal toil." "Pillories and other corporal infections."

Corporal punishment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.

Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal. "A corporal heaven...where the stare are." "What seemed corporal melted As breath into the wind."

Synonyms: Corporal, Bodily, Corporeal. Bodily is opposed to mental; as, bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal substance or frame. Corporal, as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily austerities; the corporeal mold.

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Etymology of 'Corporal punishment'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Corporal punishment" Quotes from Famous Books

... try to contradict him, and he'll fill your house with a whole regiment of soldiers. And if you say anything, he orders the doors closed. "I won't inflict corporal punishment on you," he says, "or put you in the rack. That's forbidden by law," he says. "But I'll make you swallow ...

— The Inspector-General • Nicolay Gogol

... to different settlements for misdemeanour, not to return until the expiration of sentence, under penalty of corporal punishment. ...

— The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) • David Dickinson Mann