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Clause

A separate portion of a written paper paragraph or sentence an article stipulation or proviso in a legal document

Cangue

A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders in China are compelled to wear as a punishment

Cat o nine tails

a whip used as an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle formerly used to flog offenders

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Chabouk

A long whip such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment

Chasten

To correct by punishment to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming to discipline as to chasten a son with a rod

Chastisable

Capable or deserving of chastisement punishable

chastised

having bad behavior criticised and punished as the chastised child sat humbly in the corner

Chastiser

One who chastises a punisher a corrector

Chiasmus

An inversion of the order of words or phrases when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence

Comma

A character or point marking the smallest divisions of a sentence written or printed

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