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Castigation

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Noun
  1. 1
    Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof archaic, countable, uncountable

    "He was seasoned wood, and took the world pretty wisely; not reckless of castigation, as some boys become, nor oversensitive as to dehonour, as his friend and comrade beside him was."

  2. 2
    verbal punishment wordnet
  3. 3
    severe criticism. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a severe scolding wordnet
  5. 5
    Emendation; correction. countable, obsolete, uncountable

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