Castigate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To inflict severe punishment on. See Synonyms at punish.
  • v. To criticize severely.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
  • v. To revise or make corrections to a publication.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.
  • v. To emend; to correct.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To chastise; punish by stripes; correct or punish, in general.
  • To subject to a severe and critical scrutiny; criticize for the purpose of correcting; emend: as, to castigate the text of an author.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. censure severely
  • v. inflict severe punishment on
    • Verb Form
    castigated    castigates    castigating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    penalise    penalize    punish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    emend    correct    punish    reprove    reprehend   
     
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