flagitationn.
/fladʒɪˈteɪʃən/ a. The action of asking or demanding with earnestness or passion.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > requesting or demanding
askinga1200
bidding?c1225
frayninga1300
requestc1405
postulationa1425
demanding1530
demand1604
flagitation1658
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Flagitation, an earnest begging.
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
b. A mistake for flagellation n. 1.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with whip or scourging
scourginga1340
flagellation1490
flagitation1490
whipping1566
scutching1611
whip-broth1615
firka1635
horsewhipship1842
flagellantism1855
cowhiding1859
knouting1887
sjamboking1899
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvii. 96 The tourment and flagitacyon wherof the see was bette in righte grete violence.
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