corporal punishment; physical punishment
Refers to punishment inflicted on the body, such as flogging or caning, as opposed to fines or imprisonment. Used in legal and historical contexts.
prison sentence; penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labour
Specifically denotes a sentence involving physical confinement and often hard labor. More formal and legalistic than 懲役.
Corporal punishment is now prohibited in many countries.
The judge sentenced the defendant to penal servitude.