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Antonyms for chastise

Grammar : Verb
Spell : chas-tahyz, chas-tahyz
Phonetic Transcription : tʃæsˈtaɪz, ˈtʃæs taɪz

Definition of chastise

Origin :
  • c.1300, chastisen, from Old French chastiier "to warn, advise, instruct; chastise, admonish; punish; dominate, tame" (12c., Modern French châtier), from Latin castigare "to set or keep right, to reprove, chasten, to punish," literally "to make pure" (see castigate). Or perhaps from Middle English chastien (see chasten) + -ise, though this would be early for such a native formation. The form of the modern word "is not easily accounted for" [OED]. Related: Chastised; chastising.
  • He alone may chastise who loves. [Rabindranath Tagore, "The Crescent Moon," 1913]
  • verb scold, discipline
Example sentences :
  • "Ready to chastise insolence, sir," cried Alleyne with flashing eyes.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • If he should appear in mine, I know how to chastise him, and to vindicate my own honour.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I wish to God I were a younger man, that I might chastise you for the hound you are.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • She had a desire to chastise thought by strong, bracing action.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Who is so foolish as to chastise or instruct the ugly, or the diminutive, or the feeble?
  • Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
  • We have to chastise evil-doers; we must put a stop to those who would wax insolent.
  • Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
  • Again, to chastise the bad and reward the good belongs to both alike, methinks?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • It was proper that the severe mother should chastise her wayward child.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • If I hit a little man in the eye, and he hits me back, have I the right to chastise him?
  • Extract from : « The Mob (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • Incensed at their ridicule, Oswald longs to chastise them, but moves away.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

Synonyms for chastise

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