caning Antonyms
Strongest:
- whacking
- cuffing
- assaulting
- leathering
- spanking
- pistol-whipping
- cudgeling
- punching
- thwacking
- strapping
- swatting
- hitting
- flagellating
- smacking
- descending-on-or-upon-
- cudgelling
- horsewhipping
- scourging
- chopping
- slapping
- boxing
- clouting
Strong:
- thumping
- mauling
- licking
- cowhiding
- birching
- blackjacking
- battering
- pounding
- lacerating
- thrashing
- flogging
- busting
- wounding
- hammering
- rushing
- lathering
- clobbering
- assailing
- pouncing-on-or-upon-
- whamming
- swiping
- clubbing
- whomping
- rawhiding
- besetting
- laying-on
- basting
- pasting
- tanning
- paddling
- lashing
- currying
- fustigating
- knocking
- jumping-on-
- goring
- socking
- storming
- smashing
- lamming
- whipping
- cracking
- attacking
- pummeling
- raiding
- pummelling
- slamming
Weak:
- belaboring
- fibbing
- belting
- beating
- pommelling
- mangling
- doing
- batting
- bunging-up
- maiming
- tromping
- whapping
- pommeling
- walloping
- lacing
- drubbing
- whaling
- bashing
- mutilating
- roughing-up-
- whopping
- lambasting
- whupping
- messing-up-
- switching
- punching-out
- slogging
- bludgeoning
- threshing
- hiding
- pelting
- slating
- working-over
- buffeting
Meaning of caning
Wordnet
caning (n)
work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
Webster
caning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Cane
caning Sentence Examples
- The traditional punishment involved **striking the offender with a wooden rod**.
- The historical practice employed **whipping with a cane** as a form of discipline.
- The court sentenced the criminal to a specific number of **lashes with a cane**.
- The use of **corporal punishment** has been widely debated throughout history.
- Concerns about **cruel and unusual punishment** have led to the banning of caning in many regions.
- The focus nowadays often shifts towards **rehabilitative forms of punishment**.
- Alternative methods like **community service** are increasingly employed as correctional measures.
- Human rights organizations often advocate against the use of **physical punishment** in any context.
- The ethical implications of **corporal punishment** are a significant point of discussion.
- Moving towards more **humane and effective forms of punishment** is a global trend.
FAQs About the word caning
work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)of Cane
whacking, cuffing, assaulting, leathering,spanking, pistol-whipping, cudgeling, punching, thwacking, strapping
No antonyms found.
The traditional punishment involved **striking the offender with a wooden rod**.
The historical practice employed **whipping with a cane** as a form of discipline.
The court sentenced the criminal to a specific number of **lashes with a cane**.
The use of **corporal punishment** has been widely debated throughout history.
