Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLAGELLATION

n.[L. flagello, to beat or whip, to flog, from flagellum, a whip, scourge or flail. See Flail and Flog. ] A beating or whipping; a flogging; the discipline of the scourge.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLAGELLATION

Flag `el *la "tion, n. Etym: [L. flagellatio: cf. F. flagellation. ]

 

Defn: A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flagellation

flag el la tion |ˌflajəˈlāSHən flæʤəˈleɪʃn | ▶noun flogging or beating, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification: pursuing the path of penance and flagellation.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flagellation

flagellation |fladʒəˈleɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun flogging or beating, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification: pursuing the path of penance and flagellation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flagellation

flagellation noun the use of flagellation for discipline and pleasure: flogging, whipping, beating, scourging, lashing, birching, switching, tanning, strapping, belting, caning, thrashing, flailing, flaying, welting, horsewhipping, spanking; sadomasochism (S & M, SM ), algolagnia.

 

Duden Dictionary

Flagellation

Fla gel la ti on Substantiv, feminin Medizin, Psychologie , die |Flagellati o n |die Flagellation; Genitiv: der Flagellation, Plural: die Flagellationen Geißelung und Züchtigung mittels einer Riemen- oder Strickpeitsche als sexuelles Reizmittel (Form des Sadismus bzw. Masochismus )

 

French Dictionary

flagellation

flagellation n. f. nom féminin Action de flageller, de se flageller. : La flagellation du Christ.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flagellation

fl à g el l á tion 名詞 U ｟かたく ｠(宗教上の罰としての )むち打ち .