身しん体たい刑けい

noun

corporal punishment; physical punishment

A formal legal term referring to punishment inflicted on the body, such as flogging or caning. Not used for everyday scolding or spanking.

• その国くにでは身しん体たい刑けいがまだ行おこなわれている。

  Corporal punishment is still practiced in that country.

• 身しん体たい刑けいの廃はい止しを求もとめる声こえが高たかまっている。

  Calls for the abolition of corporal punishment are growing.