castigate

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To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely
To revise or make corrections to a publication
to punish
{v} to chastise, punish, correct, beat
To inflict severe punishment on
To criticize severely
If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely. Marx never lost an opportunity to castigate colonialism She castigated him for having no intellectual interests. + castigation cas·ti·ga·tion Bradley's public castigation of the police chief. to criticize or punish someone severely (past participle of castigare, from castus ( CHASTE) + -igere (from agere ))
To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely
inflict severe punishment on
censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
To emend; to correct
{f} punish, scold, chastise, reprimand
castigation
Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism
castigation
{n} punishment, correction, reproof
castigated
past of castigate
castigates
third-person singular of castigate
castigating
present participle of castigate
castigation
verbal punishment
castigation
{i} severe punishment, chastisement, strong criticism
castigation
Emendation; correction
castigation
a severe scolding
castigation
verbal punishment a severe scolding
castigator
One who castigates or corrects
castigator
{i} punisher, chastiser; reprover
castigator
One who castigates
castigate
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