verbĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [verbero], a striking, beating.
I Lit.: flagellorum castigatio, vinculorum verberatio, Dig. 48, 19, 7; 47, 10, 5, § 1.—
II Trop., chastisement , punishment : mirificam mi verberationem cessationis epistulā dedisti, i. e. satisfaction , amends (with reference to an expression previously used: verberavi te cogitationis tacito convicio), Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 27, 1 Orell. N. cr.; cf. id. ib. 16, 26, 1.