About The Word Castigation
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Castigation
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What's The Definition Of Castigation?
[n] verbal punishment
[n] a severe scolding Synonyms | Synonyms for Castigation: bawling out | chastisement | chewing out | dressing down | earful | going-over | upbraiding Related Terms | Find terms related to Castigation: See Also | penalisation | penalization | penalty | punishment | rebuke | reprehension | reprimand | reproof | reproval Castigation In Webster's Dictionary \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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