Definition for Flagellation:

• The action of scourging. A flogging, a whipping. A process formerly used to stimulate nutrition. [ Lat.]

Synonyms for Flagellation:

• n.

  •
  • blessing,
  • ceremony,
  • circumcision,
  • bless,
  • circumcise,
  • confession,
  • anoint,
  • contemplation,
  • consecrate,
  • celebrant.
  •
  • fetishism,
  • sadomasochism,
  • sexual abuse,
  • bestiality,
  • bondage,
  • pedophilia,
  • sadism,
  • perversion,
  • incest.
  •act (noun)
  • flagellation.
  •corporal punishment (noun)
  • spanking,
  • Paddling,
  • flogging.
  •flagellation (noun)
  • tanning,
  • whipping,
  • lashing.
  •flogging (noun)
  • caning,
  • horsewhipping,
  • canings,
  • flailing.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • beating,
  • corporal punishment,
  • drubbing,
  • lacing,
  • licking,
  • masochism,
  • thrashing,
  • trouncing,
  • whacking,
  • spankings.

Flagellation Sentence Examples:

• If that young Micky ever did such a thing again, Uncle Mo said, the result would be a pretty how - do - you - do, involving possibly fatal consequences to Michael, and certainly local flagellation of unheard - of severity.

• Days of menace, insult, and extortion, nights of bolts, fetters, and flagellation, succeeded to each other in the same round, and for a long time made up all the vicissitude of life to these miserable people.

Hyponym for Flagellation:

• n.

  • act
    lacing, licking, whacking, trouncing, drubbing, thrashing, beating.