Meaning of CASTIGATION
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- [n] verbal punishment
- [n] a severe scolding
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| | Synonyms: | | bawling out, chastisement, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over, upbraiding |
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| | See Also: | | penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval | |
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| | Definition: | | \Cas`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. catigatio.]
1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent
criticism.
The keenest castigation of her slanderers. --W.
Irving.
2. Emendation; correction. [Obs.]
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