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Horse :: Horse (v. t.) To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment..

Condemnation :: Condemnation (n.) The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture..

Beating :: Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

Punishment :: Punishment (n.) Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense..

Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment..

Rod :: Rod (n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement..

Masthead :: Masthead (v. t.) To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment.

Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer..

Penalty :: Penalty (n.) Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass..

Varuna :: Varuna (n.) The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water..

Baculine :: Baculine (a.) Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.

Chabuk :: Chabuk (n.) A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment..

Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement..

Remissful :: Remissful (a.) Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement.

Indemnity :: Indemnity (n.) Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty..

Cyphonism :: Cyphonism (n.) A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations..

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight..

Fustigation :: Fustigation (n.) A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.

Extenuation :: Extenuation (n.) The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment..

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