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Chastisement

//ˈt͡ʃæstəzmənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment. countable, uncountable

    "Besides, the King hath wasted all his rods On late offenders, that he now doth lack The very instruments of chastisement; So that his power, like to a fangless lion, May offer, but not hold."

  2. 2
    verbal punishment wordnet
  3. 3
    a rebuke for making a mistake wordnet

Etymology

Old French chastiement, from the verb chastier, from Latin castīgō

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