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knouting

/ˈnaʊtɪŋ/
verb
  1. Present participle of knout: the act of beating someone with a knout.
    • He watched the guards knouting the thief without any pity.
    • Knouting was a common punishment in old Russia.
    • The soldiers were knouting the peasants for not paying taxes.
noun
  1. The action or practice of beating with a knout.
    • Knouting was finally outlawed in the 19th century.
    • The novel describes the brutal knouting of innocent people.
    • Historians debate how widespread knouting actually was.
Synonyms
floggingwhippinglashing
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