castigation

nounpunishment

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Synonyms for castigation

noun punishment

Antonyms for castigation

More words related to castigation

abuse

noun. verbal attack

censure

noun. severe criticism

chastisement

noun. punishment

correction

noun. discipline

corrections

noun. discipline

Word Origin & History

late 14c., castigacioun, from Latin castigationem (nominative castigatio) "a correcting, reproof, chastizing," noun of action from past participle stem of castigare (see castigate).

Example Sentences for castigation

Or would he fail to fathom her identity and so lay himself open to her castigation?

After this castigation he spent the night in the crypt, fasting and barefooted.

There was a new man at the head of the Department of Castigation.

It is not something to be discharged from the body by fasting and castigation.

But the pain inflicted was to disappear with the first castigation.

Never had he received such a castigation from man or nature.

I couldn't say that R. wanted to give me a castigation when I didn't know what it meant.

Let us reserve these ideas for the castigation of Pharisees.

The punishment by castigation is performed in the following manner.

Its advocates have been met with neglect, contempt, or castigation, not with arguments.