flagellation

[ flaj-uh-ley-shuh n ]

/ ˌflædʒ əˈleɪ ʃən /

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

self-flag·el·la·tion, noun

When you've had your worst week of the campaign, to submit yourself to two or three more days of flagellation?

You Know You've Had a Bad Week When... |Michael Tomasky |September 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The later influence visible in the above-mentioned "Flagellation," as throughout all his work, is that of Antonio Pollaiuolo.

Luca Signorelli |Maud Cruttwell
Can flagellation, fasting, Nor fervent prayer itself, not cleanse my soul From its fond doting on her comeliness?

The Scarlet Stigma |James Edgar Smith
The poor fellow was writhing under the cruel infliction of a flagellation with a raw-hide, and rent the air with his cries.

An Englishman's Travels in America |John Benwell

They spoke only on Sundays and festivals, and underwent a weekly flagellation.

Curiosities of Christian History |Croake James
Flagellation draws the circulation from the centre of our system to its periphery.

Curiosities of Medical Experience |J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

flagellation

[ flăj′ə-lā′shən ]

Whipping oneself or another as a means of arousing or heightening sexual feeling.

The flagellar arrangement on an organism.