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Ferule :: Ferule (n.) A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment..

Arbitrary :: Arbitrary (a.) Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment..

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

Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..

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

Capital :: Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment..

Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..

Retribution :: Retribution (n.) Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment..

Animadvert :: Animadvert (v. i.) To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.

Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.

Cob :: Cob (n.) A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.

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

Annex :: Annex (v. t.) To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt..

Tartarus :: Tartarus (n.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general..

Amende :: Amende (n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.

Blanket :: Blanket (v. t.) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

Obnoxious :: Obnoxious (a.) Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.

Infliction :: Infliction (n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc..

Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline..

Penality :: Penality (n.) The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.

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