Castigation

Definitions

1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. severe criticism.
   countable, uncountable
3. Emendation; correction.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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