Definition for FU'S-TI-GA'TION

FU'S-TI-GA'TION, n. [L. fustigateo, from fustigo, to beat with a cudgel, from fustis, a stick or club.]

Among the ancient Romans, a punishment by beating with a stick or club, inflicted on freemen. Encyc.

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