'Scourging' definitions:

Definition of 'Scourging'

From: GCIDE

Scourge \Scourge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scourged; p. pr. & vb. n. Scourging.] [From Scourge, n.: cf. OF. escorgier.]
1. To whip severely; to lash. [1913 Webster]
Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman? --Acts xxii. 25. [1913 Webster]
2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction. [1913 Webster]
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. --Heb. xii. 6. [1913 Webster]
3. To harass or afflict severely. [1913 Webster]
To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]

Scourging (1 Kings 12:11). Variously administered. In no case were the stripes to exceed forty (Deut. 25:3; comp. 2 Cor. 11:24). In the time of the apostles, in consequence of the passing of what was called the Porcian law, no Roman citizen could be scourged in any case (Acts 16:22-37). (See BASTINADO.) In the scourging of our Lord (Matt. 27:26; Mark 15:15) the words of prophecy (Isa. 53:5) were fulfilled.