Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Castigation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Castigation \Cas`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. catigatio.]
1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent
criticism.
The keenest castigation of her slanderers. --W.
Irving.
2. Emendation; correction. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
castigation
n 1: a severe scolding [syn: {earful}, {bawling out}, {chewing
out}, {upbraiding}, {going-over}, {dressing down}]
2: verbal punishment [syn: {chastisement}]
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