Meaning of Chastisement | Babel Free
ˈt͡ʃæstəzməntEquivalents
Examples
“Besides, the King hath wasted all his rods On late offenders, that he now doth lack The very instruments of chastisement; So that his power, like⟳ to a fangless lion, May offer⟳, but not hold⟳.”
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
“All this he called “doing his duty by their parents;” and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance, so consolatory to the smarting urchin, that “he would remember⟳ it and thank⟳ him for it the longest day he had to live⟳.””
“Into the details of the infamy at which I thus connived (for even now I can scarce grant that I committed it) I have⟳ no design⟳ of entering[;] I mean⟳ but to point⟳ out the warnings and the successive steps with which my chastisement approached.”
“It seems to me that as he does not respond⟳ to this extremely conciliatory treatment it may be well to try⟳ whether a change⟳ of treatment might not produce⟳ a more satisfactory result⟳. If praise⟳ and courtesy only result⟳ in narrow, bitter partisanship, perhaps a little well-merited chastisement may procure some geniality.”
“Abolition of defence of reasonable chastisement”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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