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castigation

noun

Definitions

  1. Corrective punishment

    Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof

    • He was seasoned wood, and took the world pretty wisely; not reckless of castigation, as some boys become, nor oversensitive as to dehonour, as his friend and comrade beside him was.

  2. Severe criticism.

  3. Emendation

    Emendation; correction.

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