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flagellation

n.
UK //flˌædʒɪlˈeɪʃən// flag·el·la·tion
Synonyms
Etymology 1

From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”).

Etymology 2

From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1.

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