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As you've probably noticed, words for "corporal punishment" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "corporal punishment" are: cane, rod, discipline, physical punishment, and corporal. There are 739 other words that are related to or similar to corporal punishment listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "corporal punishment" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).

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