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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We honed the art of verbal skullduggery to weasel out of chores or escape a predecessor of the stone fine, the captain's corporeal punishment called "the rope's end," a knotted rope applied vigorously to the outstretched hand. Krafft-Ebing and the Victorian concept of corporeal punishment in schools, along to Hitler and Eva Braun and ending with an analysis of the feast of capitalism. |
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