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PILLORY

a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked

The meaning of the word pillory is a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked.

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converseto exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
enduringlasting
euphonypleasing or sweet sound
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
pecuniaryconsisting of or measured in money
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
inertlacking the power to move
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