Term: flagellant: a person who whips himself as a religious penance
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: straight chair: a straight-backed chair without arms → 0
Candidate hypernym: afflatus: a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration → 0
Candidate hypernym: exploiter: a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically → 0
Candidate hypernym: change: a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event → 0
Candidate hypernym: allocation unit: a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file → 0
Candidate hypernym: serratia marcescens: the type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon → 0
Candidate hypernym: cost-of-living benefit: a benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise → 0
Candidate hypernym: ability: possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done → 0
Candidate hypernym: pontus: (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus → 0
Candidate hypernym: tail: the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body → 0