flagellation

[ flaj-uh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

the act or process of flagellating.
a masochistic or sadistic act in which the participants receive erotic stimulation from whipping or being whipped.

Origin of flagellation

1400–50; late Middle English <Late Latin flagellātiōn-, stem of flagellātiō.See flagellate, -ion

I must thank you, however, for giving Tom Gordon a guttapercha cane to perform his flagellations with.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from Her Letters and Journals | Charles Edward Stowe
When the water had been beaten out he again dipped the roll into the stream and resumed his flagellations.
India and the Indians | Edward F. Elwin
Habituated to such flagellations, his epidermis has grown tough, and he well knows how to retaliate them.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 | Various
One contrition in mans heart is better than many flagellations.
Curiosities of Superstition | W. H. Davenport Adams
These self-flagellations were said to serve as a satisfaction for the sins of other men.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake James

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