chastisement

Example Sentences

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This person is asking a serious question about retiring with $100,000 in the bank, and all they’re getting is chastisement.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

“Here, we see not a god of wrath and chastisement, but the God of mercy, who takes flesh and enters the world in weakness,’’ the pope said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

This brought an unusual chastisement from the Cochrane Library’s editor-in-chief, who stated it was “not an accurate representation of what the review found.”

From Scientific American • May 5, 2023

Adopting a ban would make Scotland the first part of the UK to outlaw the physical punishment of children, with parents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland currently allowed to use "reasonable chastisement".

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2018

It was a minor rule, rather like rudeness, punishable only by gentle chastisement.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry