castigation

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Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism
Emendation; correction
{n} punishment, correction, reproof
verbal punishment
{i} severe punishment, chastisement, strong criticism
a severe scolding
verbal punishment a severe scolding
castigate
To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely
castigate
to punish
castigate
{v} to chastise, punish, correct, beat
castigate
To inflict severe punishment on
castigate
To criticize severely
castigate
If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely. Marx never lost an opportunity to castigate colonialism She castigated him for having no intellectual interests. + castigation cas·ti·ga·tion Bradley's public castigation of the police chief. to criticize or punish someone severely (past participle of castigare, from castus ( CHASTE) + -igere (from agere ))
castigate
To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely
castigate
inflict severe punishment on
castigate
To revise or make corrections to a publication
castigate
censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
castigate
To emend; to correct
castigate
{f} punish, scold, chastise, reprimand
castigation
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