fustigation
Definitions
The act of beating or cudgeling with a stick or club.
A severe reprimand or castigation.
Examples
The historical text described the public fustigation of the prisoner as a common form of corporal punishment.
In the medieval era, fustigation was frequently employed as a method of penance for those who had committed minor offenses.
The strict headmaster threatened the unruly students with fustigation if they continued to disrupt the lecture.
Synonyms
beating thrashing flogging whipping caning drubbing scourging