CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cruel and unusual punishment" is a kind of...):

penalisation; penalization; penalty; punishment (the act of punishing)

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