Term: cruel and unusual punishment: punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: peltate leaf: a shield-shaped leaf; as a nasturtium leaf
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: yucatec: a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: professional: a person engaged in one of the learned professions
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: bandmaster: the conductor of a band
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: religious person: a person who manifests devotion to a deity
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: bell apple: the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: coma: (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: colony: (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: isolation: a country's withdrawal from international politics
Broader: punishment: the act of punishing | Unrelated: streambed: a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream