Definition of chastise

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Chastise (v. t.) To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes..

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Rod :: Rod (n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement..
Lashing :: Lashing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement..
Payment :: Payment (n.) Punishment; chastisement.
Beating :: Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc..
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment..
Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
Restive :: Restive (a.) Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory..
Chastise :: Chastise (v. t.) To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction..
Discipline :: Discipline (v. t.) To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
Firk :: Firk (v. t.) To beat; to strike; to chastise.
Chastiser :: Chastiser (n.) One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
Feaze :: Feaze (v. t.) To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry..
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