Antonyms for chasten

Grammar : Verb

Spell : chey-suhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃeɪ sən

Definition of chasten

Origin : 1520s, with -en (1) + the word it replaced, obsolete verb chaste "to correct (someone's) behavior" (Middle English chastien, c.1200), from Old French chastiier "to punish" (see chastise). Related: Chastened; chastening.

verb correct, humiliate

Example sentences :

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

To chasten this apparent chaos is a problem which man has set before him.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

But Mrs. Anthony Robeson will have to chasten her ideas a trifle.
Extract from : « The Indifference of Juliet » by Grace S. Richmond

She will chasten the exuberant ardour of the Provençal warrior.
Extract from : « French and Oriental Love in a Harem » by Mario Uchard

This business is going to chasten your soul, and make you mend your ways.
Extract from : « The Tale of Timber Town » by Alfred Grace

He might help to chasten the sentences laughed at by those newspapers.
Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith

Why was not this Thing ever present, to chasten and sober me?
Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill

With some it may seem severe that God should chasten and scourge His children.
Extract from : « God's Plan with Men » by T. T. (Thomas Theodore) Martin

He does not chasten this class; in Hell they will receive their punishment, but it will be just.
Extract from : « God's Plan with Men » by T. T. (Thomas Theodore) Martin

The rod had been used to chasten, and he had bit the chastening fingers.
Extract from : « Tales and Fantasies » by Robert Louis Stevenson

Synonyms for chasten

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