scourgings
Brutal lash punishments
Scourgings is the plural of scourging—instances of whipping or flogging as punishment.
The term appears most often in religious and historical contexts, particularly describing the lashing of Jesus before crucifixion: The scourgings left his back torn and bloody.
More broadly, any severe affliction or punishment: the scourgings of war.
Beating as punishment
- lashingBeating or binding
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
- flagellationBeating with a whip
retribution · penalty · correction · castigation · discipline · sentence · judgment · condemnation
Strike or bind
- whipStrikes or aerates
- floggerMulti-lashed striking instrument
- cat-o'-nine-tailsBraided whip with nine strands
- knoutLeather flogging implement
flagellum · birch · cane · switch · strap · crop · thong · cord
Extreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- weltsRaised skin from impact
wounds · bleeding · bruising · rawness · stinging · smarting · soreness · affliction
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- self-flagellationDeliberately striking one's own body
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
expiation · contrition · absolution · purification · repentance · redemption · sacrifice · asceticism
flogging
Beating as punishment
- lashingBeating or binding
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
flagellation · retribution · penalty · correction · castigation · discipline · sentence · judgment · condemnation · sanction
lash
Strike or bind
- whipStrikes or aerates
- floggerMulti-lashed striking instrument
- cat-o'-nine-tailsBraided whip with nine strands
knout · flagellum · birch · cane · switch · strap · crop · thong · cord · rawhide
agony
Extreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
welts · wounds · bleeding · bruising · rawness · stinging · smarting · soreness · affliction · torment
penance
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- self-flagellationDeliberately striking one's own body
penitence · expiation · contrition · absolution · purification · repentance · redemption · sacrifice · asceticism · devotion