#punishment__penalty__penalization__penalisation  the act of punishing
  supertype:  social_control  control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
  subtype:  stick.punishment  threat of a penalty: "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"
  subtype:  self-punishment  punishment inflicted on yourself
     subtype:  self-flagellation  self-punishment inflicted by whipping
  subtype:  discipline.punishment__correction  the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
     subtype:  spanking  the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"
  subtype:  corporal_punishment  the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
     subtype:  thrashing__beating__drubbing__lacing__trouncing__whacking  the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
        subtype:  whipping__tanning__flogging__lashing__flagellation  beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
           subtype:  self-flagellation  self-punishment inflicted by whipping
           subtype:  horsewhipping  the act of whipping with a horsewhip; "that villain needs a good horsewhipping"
     subtype:  electric_shock  the use of electric shock as a form of punishment
     subtype:  executing__execution__capital_punishment__capitalpunishment__death_penalty__deathpenalty  putting a condemned person to death
        subtype:  burning_at_the_stake__burning  execution by fire
           subtype:  auto-da-fe  the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
        subtype:  hanging  a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
        subtype:  electrocution.executing__burning  execution by electricity
        subtype:  beheading__decapitation  execution by cutting off the victim's head
        subtype:  crucifixion  the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
     subtype:  kick_in_the_butt  punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind
     subtype:  stoning__lapidation  punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the person (even unto death)
  subtype:  chastisement__castigation  verbal punishment
  subtype:  cruel_and_unusual_punishment__cruelandunusualpunishment  punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed
  subtype:  detention  a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
  subtype:  economic_strangulation  punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them; "the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party"
  subtype:  self-mortification__penance__self-abasement  voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
  subtype:  imprisonment  putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
  subtype:  medicine__music  punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"

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