Plural of flogging; instances of beating someone with a whip or similar implement as punishment.
From 'flogging' (the gerund/noun form of 'flog') plus the plural '-s'. The word 'flog' comes from Dutch 'floggen' or may be a native English word-formation.
Historical accounts of 'floggings' in prisons, ships, and armies are sobering—they remind us how recently corporal punishment was considered normal discipline, and how much human rights standards have evolved.
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