Meanings
nouncorporal punishment (countable and uncountable, plural corporal punishments)
plural corporal punishments
- countableuncountableA form of punishment achieved by inflicting physical pain on the offender's body.
Translations
Afrikaans lyfstraf
- lyfstrafform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Arabic عُقُوبَةٌ بَدَنِيَّة
- عُقُوبَةٌ بَدَنِيَّة (ʕuqūbatun badaniyya)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Bulgarian теле́сно наказа́ние
- теле́сно наказа́ние (telésno nakazánie)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Chinese Cantonese 體罰 /体罚
- 體罰 /体罚 (tai² fat⁶)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Chinese Mandarin 體罰 /体罚
- 體罰 /体罚 (tǐfá)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Czech tělesný trest
- tělesný trestform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Danish korporlig afstraffelse
- korporlig afstraffelseform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Dutch lijfstraf
- lijfstrafform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Estonian ihunuhtlus
- ihunuhtlusform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Finnish ruumiinrangaistus
- ruumiinrangaistusform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
French châtiment corporel
- châtiment corporelform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
German Körperstrafe, Züchtigung
- Körperstrafeform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
- Züchtigungform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Greek σωματική ποινή
- σωματική ποινή (somatikí poiní)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Hebrew עֲנִישָׁה גּוּפָנִית
- עֲנִישָׁה גּוּפָנִית (anishá gufanít)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Hindi शारीरिक दण्ड
- शारीरिक दण्ड (śārīrik daṇḍ)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Hungarian (testi) fenyítés
- (testi) fenyítésform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Icelandic líkamleg refsing
- líkamleg refsingform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Indonesian hukuman badan
- hukuman badanform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Irish pionós corpartha
- pionós corparthaform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Italian punizione corporale
- punizione corporaleform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Japanese 体罰
- 体罰 (taibatsu)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Korean 체벌
- 체벌 (chebeol)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Latvian miesassods, miesas sods
- miesassodsform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
- miesas sodsform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Lithuanian kūninė bausmė
- kūninė bausmėform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Malay hukuman dera
- hukuman deraform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Norwegian Bokmål kroppslig straff
- kroppslig straffform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Polish kara cielesna
- kara cielesnaform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Portuguese punição corporal
- punição corporalform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Romanian pedeapsă corporală
- pedeapsă corporalăform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Russian теле́сное наказа́ние
- теле́сное наказа́ние (telésnoje nakazánije)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Slovak telesný trest
- telesný trestform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Spanish castigo corporal
- castigo corporalform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Swedish aga, kroppsstraff
- agaform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
- kroppsstraffform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Thai การลงโทษทางร่างกาย, การลงโทษทางกาย
- การลงโทษทางร่างกาย (gaan-long-tôot-taang-râang-gaai)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
- การลงโทษทางกาย (gaan-long-tôot-taang-gaai)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Turkish bedensel ceza
- bedensel cezaform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Ukrainian тіле́сне покара́ння
- тіле́сне покара́ння (tilésne pokaránnja)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Urdu جِسْمانی سَزا
- جِسْمانی سَزا (jismānī sazā)form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Vietnamese nhục hình, trừng phạt thân thể
- nhục hìnhform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
- trừng phạt thân thểform of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body
Cite this entry
APA
corporal punishment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporal%20punishment
MLA
“corporal punishment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporal%20punishment. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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