Punishment Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Punishment Information and Meaning

See also BANISHMENT; CRIME

amercement, amerciament

1. punishment or penalty applied at the discretion of a court or other authority, as contrasted with a penalty predetermined by statute.

2. the imposing of such a penalty. —amercer, n.

caneology

Humorous. advocacy of the use of a cane in corporal punishment.

elinguation

Obsolete, the process of removing the tongue.

eviration

Obsolete, the act of castrating.

excecation

Obsolete, the process of blinding.

fustigation

beating with a stick or club.

mastigophobia

an abnormal fear of being beaten. Also called rhabdophobia.

poinephobia

an abnormal fear of punishment.