castigation
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Like the calm, godly Eye, he registers the good and bad of human nature with moral clarity but without castigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
He described feeling social castigation, and sometimes isolation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
He said, especially given the Astros’ behavior during a 2017 season in which they defeated the Dodgers in the World Series, Kelly’s castigation didn’t feel just.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2020
A section recalling American folk songs, all pentatonic melody and bare string drones in perfect fifths, referred to the public castigation of Mapplethorpe’s work by then-Sen.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2019
Yet he had remained unmoved, though Cynthia had cried her eyes red over the castigation.
From The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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