辟へき

noun

falsehood; crime; punishment; law; ruler

Archaic or literary term encompassing concepts of wrongdoing, legal punishment, and authority. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside of historical or legal texts.

• 古ふるい法ほう律りつ文ぶん書しょでは、「辟へき」は罪つみや罰ばつを指さすことがある。

  In old legal documents, 辟 can refer to crime or punishment.