Flagellation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or practice of flagellating.
  • n. Biology The flagellar arrangement on an organism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A beating consisting in lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as (in principle implement-precise) a whipping or scourging.
  • n. The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A whipping or flogging; the discipline of the scourge.
  • n. In biology, the formation or development of flagella.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
  • n. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    thrashing    licking    whacking    beating    lacing    trouncing    drubbing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    whipping    scourging   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cunnilingus    drubbing    trounce    abasement    mescalin    sodomy    fellatio    refection    asphyxia    erethism   
     
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