Antonyms for castigate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kas-ti-geyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæs tɪˌgeɪt

Definition of castigate

Origin : c.1600, from Latin castigatus, past participle of castigare "to correct, set right; purify; chastise, punish," from castus "pure" (see caste) + agere "to do" (see act (n.)). The notion behind the word is "make someone pure by correcting or reproving him."
If thou didst put this soure cold habit on To castigate thy pride, 'twere well. [Shakespeare, "Timon" IV.iii (1607)]
Related: Castigated; castigating; castigator; castigatory.

verb criticize severely

Example sentences :

The woman grasped a clothes-stick with which she proposed to castigate her niece.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding Down East » by Alice B. Emerson

If only I were not a woman, I might castigate you as you deserve!
Extract from : « Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo » by Louis Guimbaud

Others tried to use the disasters to castigate the sins of society.
Extract from : « Medieval People » by Eileen Edna Power

I had to castigate one of the ringleaders myself—Herapath by name, claiming kinship with you, by the way.
Extract from : « The Master of the Shell » by Talbot Baines Reed

Its declared purpose was "simply to instruct the young, reform the old, correct the town, and castigate the age."
Extract from : « Washington Irving » by Charles Dudley Warner

I will whip the woman, I mean the child—no, I mean the dog; in fact, I will castigate all three of them.
Extract from : « Paul and His Dog, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIV) » by Charles Paul de Kock

I thought to castigate a libertine, and I have been, I fear, lacerating the heart of a true gentleman!
Extract from : « By Birth a Lady » by George Manville Fenn

Spare Byron, who is a Poet—and castigate some popular Versifier.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 407, September, 1849 » by Various

I am the Judge who wishes to castigate this system by making use of its own defects, to make war on it by flattering it.
Extract from : « The Reign of Greed » by Jose Rizal

The company, or companies, of soldiers will be first detailed for the arduous duties of the field to castigate the Indians.
Extract from : « The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself » by De Witt C. Peters

Synonyms for castigate

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