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v. To correct by punishment or reproof; take to task.

v. To restrain; subdue: chasten a proud spirit.

v. To rid of excess; refine or purify: chasten a careless writing style.

v. To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate

v. To make chaste; to purify.

v. To punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement; to discipline.

v. To render humble or restrained.

v. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline.

v. To purify from errors or faults; to refine.

To inflict pain, trouble, or affliction on for the purpose of reclaiming from evil; correct; chastise; punish: formerly of corporal punishment, but now, chiefly with a moral reference, of disciplinary affliction.

To purify by discipline, as the taste; refine; make chaste: as, to chasten the imagination, the taste, or one's style.

Synonyms Punish, etc. See chastise.

n. See chesten.

v. censure severely

v. correct by punishment or discipline

v. restrain

"This is a classic example of deliberate capital flight and capital destruction, a tactic used by monopolistic finance capital frequently to "chasten" any government that appears to be intruding into the sacred practices of "free market" capitalism."

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correct    chastise    subdue    purify    punish    castigate    discipline    afflict    refine    restrain   

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