Chasten
verb
verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make chaste.
- 2 correct by punishment or discipline wordnet
- 3 To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement. archaic
"I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men."
- 4 change by restraining or moderating wordnet
- 5 To render humble or restrained.
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- 6 censure severely wordnet
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More examples"Every man ought to chasten his own body in some measure."
Etymology
From Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier (“punish”), from Latin castīgō. Doublet of chastise and castigate and related to chaste.