Synonyms for castigation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kas-ti-geyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæs tɪˌgeɪt

Définition of castigation

Origin : late 14c., castigacioun, from Latin castigationem (nominative castigatio) "a correcting, reproof, chastizing," noun of action from past participle stem of castigare (see castigate).

noun punishment

Example sentences :

Or would he fail to fathom her identity and so lay himself open to her castigation?
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

After this castigation he spent the night in the crypt, fasting and barefooted.
Extract from : « The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. » by Hartley Withers

There was a new man at the head of the Department of Castigation.
Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling

It is not something to be discharged from the body by fasting and castigation.
Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

But the pain inflicted was to disappear with the first castigation.
Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete » by John Lothrop Motley

Never had he received such a castigation from man or nature.
Extract from : « Captain Ravenshaw » by Robert Neilson Stephens

I couldn't say that R. wanted to give me a castigation when I didn't know what it meant.
Extract from : « A Young Girl's Diary » by An Anonymous Young Girl

Let us reserve these ideas for the castigation of Pharisees.
Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther » by Walter Adeney

The punishment by castigation is performed in the following manner.
Extract from : « Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 » by Maria R. Audubon

Its advocates have been met with neglect, contempt, or castigation, not with arguments.
Extract from : « Is Life Worth Living? » by William Hurrell Mallock

Antonyms for castigation

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