-Punishment, as the elimination of an element of decay (sometimes of a whole branch, as according to the Chinese laws, consequently as a means to the purification of the race, or the preservation of a social type).
Endekatzeko zorian aurkitzen den elementu baten segregazio gisako zigorra (batzuetan, abar oso batena, zuzenbide txinatarrean gertatzen denez: eta, beraz, arraza oso bat garbi iraunarazteko bitarteko gisa edo gizarte-tipo jakin bat egonkor iraunarazteko).