Synonyms of the word

flagellation

• n. A beating consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or…
• n. (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement.

beating

• n. Action of the verb to beat.
• n. A heavy defeat or setback.
• n. The pulsation of the heart.
• v. present participle of beat.

drubbing

• v. present participle of drub.
• n. A severe beating; a bace.
• n. A thorough defeat.

flogging

• n. Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
• v. present participle of flog.

lacing

• v. present participle of lace.
• n. That with which something is laced.
• n. The tied laces that form a netlike pattern.
• n. A beating as punishment; a hiding.

lashing

• n. Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
• n. (in the form "lashings of"): plenty of.
• n. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
• v. present participle of lash.
• v. (Ireland, slang) Raining heavily.

licking

• n. An act of licking.
• n. (slang) A severe beating.
• n. (slang) A great loss or defeat.
• v. present participle of lick.

tanning

• v. present participle of tan.
• v. The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.
• n. The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
• n. (informal) A spanking.

thrashing

• v. present participle of thrash.
• n. action of the verb to thrash.
• n. a beating, especially a severe one.
• n. (slang) A heavy defeat.
• n. (computing) excessive paging within virtual storage.
• n. (dance) slam dancing.
• n. (colloquial) threshing (of cereal crop, etc).

trouncing

• v. present participle of trounce.
• n. A thorough defeat.

whacking

• v. present participle of whack.
• adj. (informal) Exceptionally large; whopping.
• n. A beating.

whipping

• n. (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
• n. (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
• n. (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
• n. (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
• n. (nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
• v. present participle of whip.