noun
stripping of honours; loss of civil rights; public humiliation as punishment
Historical or legal term for a punishment that deprives a person of honours, rights, or social standing, often involving public disgrace. Not an everyday word; encountered in discussions of older legal systems or historical contexts.
中世ヨーロッパでは、名誉刑として騎士の称号を剥奪することがあった。
In medieval Europe, stripping a knight of his title was sometimes used as a punishment of honour.
名誉刑には、公民権の停止や公職追放などが含まれる。
Punishments involving loss of honour include suspension of civil rights and expulsion from public office.
Refers specifically to the stripping of civil rights, which is one aspect of 名誉刑.
Compound of 名誉 (honour) and 刑 (punishment). The term is a direct conceptual borrowing from Western legal terminology, likely calqued from German 'Ehrenstrafe' or similar European concepts.