Definition of chastise

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Chastise (v. t.) To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.

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Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Deserving chastisement; punishable.
Chastise :: 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..
Strap :: Strap (v. t.) To beat or chastise with a strap.
Firk :: Firk (v. t.) To beat; to strike; to chastise.
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
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..
Rod :: Rod (n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement..
Chastise :: Chastise (v. t.) To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment..
Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
Chastisable :: Chastisable (a.) Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.
Chastiser :: Chastiser (n.) One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.
Flog :: Flog (v. t.) To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
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..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction..
Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
Horsewhip :: Horsewhip (v. t.) To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.
Chastisement :: Chastisement (n.) The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
Feaze :: Feaze (v. t.) To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry..
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