Corporal punishment and Gauntlet

Corporal punishment

Corporal punishment noun - The infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime.

Gauntlet and corporal punishment are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Gauntlet" with "Corporal punishment", this terms are similar.

Gauntlet

Gauntlet noun - A form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim.
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Corporal punishment and gauntlet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Corporal punishment" instead a noun "Gauntlet".
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