About The Word Castigate
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Castigate
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What's The Definition Of Castigate?
[v] censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
[v] inflict severe punishment on Synonyms | Synonyms for Castigate: chasten | chastise | correct | objurgate Related Terms | Find terms related to Castigate: assail | attack | baste | beat | belabor | berate | blister | bring to account | bring to book | call to account | carpet | chasten | chastise | chew out | correct | criticize | deal with | discipline | dress down | drub | excoriate | flay | fustigate | inflict upon | keelhaul | lash | masthead | penalize | pillory | pummel | punish | rail | rate | rebuke | reprimand | roast | scarify | scathe | scorch | scourge | settle with | skin alive | slash | square accounts | take to task | tell off | thrash | tick off | tongue-lash | trounce | upbraid | visit upon | wig See Also | bawl out | berate | chew out | chew up | chide | dress down | flame | have words | jaw | lambast | lambaste | lecture | penalise | penalize | punish | rag | rebuke | remonstrate | reprimand | reproof | scold | trounce Castigate In Webster's Dictionary \Cas"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castigated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Castigating}.] [L. castigatus, p. p. of
castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to
move, drive. See {Caste}, and cf. {Chasten}.]
1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten;
also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise
severely.
2. To emend; to correct. [Obs.]
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