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corporal punishment
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corporal punishment
Public health The use of physical punishment–beating or other form of bodily injury to discipline children and control misbehavior. See Domestic violence. Cf Capital punishment.
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a) Mutual Benefits or Privations Are Not Rewards or Punishments The material rewards and corporeal punishments stated in the Torah do not constitute the ones meted out to the soul in the hereafter.
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