Flagellation synonyms

flăj'ə-lā'shən

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whipping
The act of one that whips.
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tanning
The act of making fair skin brown, as by exposure to the sun
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flogging
Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
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lashing
The act of a person or thing that lashes
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crucifixion (related)
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exorcisms (related)
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dionysiac (related)
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Find another word for flagellation. In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for flagellation, like: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, crucifixion, exorcisms and dionysiac.
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Flagellation Sentence Examples

  • His scenes of murder and self flagellation adding a disturbing menace missing from the pictures tempo.

  • A zealot for monastic and clerical reform, he introduced a more severe discipline, including the practice of flagellation, into the house, which, under his rule, quickly attained celebrity, and became a model for other foundations.

  • Voluntary flagellation, as a form of exalted devotion, occurs in almost all religions.

  • Ritual flagellation existed among the Jews, and, according to Buxtorf (Synagoga judaica, Basel, 1603), was one of the ceremonies of the day of the Great Pardon.

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