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Flagellation

//ˌflæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Beating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging. countable, uncountable

    "As a means of restoring vigor to the generative organs, flagellation was recommended by the ancient physicians as an effectual remedy, in accordance with the Hippocratic principle of ubi stimulus, ibi affluxus."

  2. 2
    The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement
  3. 3
    beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment wordnet
  4. 4
    beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”).

Etymology 2

From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1.

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