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A severe scolding
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castigation
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a severe scolding [syn: earful , bawling out , chewing out , upbraiding , going-over , dressing down ] verbal punishment [syn: chastisement ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., castigacioun , from Latin castigationem (nominative castigatio ) "a correcting, reproof, chastizing," noun of action from past participle stem of castigare (see castigate ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Castigation (from the Latin castigatio ) or chastisement (via the French châtiment ) is the infliction of severe (moral or corporal) punishment . One who administers a castigation is a castigator or chastiser . In earlier times, castigation specifically ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Castigation \Cas`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. catigatio.] Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. The keenest castigation of her slanderers. --W. Irving. Emendation; correction. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. 2 (context obsolete English) emendation; correction.
Usage examples of castigation.
Violent, abusive as he was, unjust to any against whom he happened to have a prejudice, his castigation of the small litterateurs of that day was not harmful, but rather of use.
But his conclusion was ever the same: how could he forget that laugh of utter merriment and delight when she found it was indeed himself under the castigation of such a mighty beadle of literature!
Bairoth Gild was indulging himself, making regret and pity and castigation into sweet nectars, leaving him to wander like a tortured drunk.
Caddis was left reflecting, that we have, in the dispensations of Providence, when we have a seat, to submit to castigations from butcherly men unaccountably commissioned to solidify the seat.
Though our English admirers may not believe it, we see our own faults more clearly than we once did--thanks, partly, to the faithful castigations of our friends--and we sometimes find it difficult to conceal our blushes when we are over-praised.
Troeltsch prompt Wayne into making public castigations of his various peers and instructors.
He assigned penances, castigations, and pilgrimages, ordered marriages, compelled enemies to make up, and enjoyed the authority of a bishop.