fustigation

English

Noun

fustigation (countable and uncountable, plural fustigations)

1. a beating with a club
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Slighter palm of martyrdom, however, shall not be denied: martyrdom not of massacre, yet of fustigation.

2. (by extension) a harsh verbal assault

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• fugitations