FLAGELLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flagellation mean? 

• FLAGELLATION (noun)
  The noun FLAGELLATION has 2 senses:

1. beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

2. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

  Familiarity information: FLAGELLATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAGELLATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("flagellation" is a kind of...):

beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping

Hypernyms ("flagellation" is a kind of...):

beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flagellation"):

self-flagellation (self-punishment inflicted by whipping)

horsewhipping (the act of whipping with a horsewhip)

Derivation:

flagellate (whip)