castigation
11castigation — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something, such as loss, pain, or confinement, imposed for wrongdoing: chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty, punishment. See REWARD …
12castigation — cas·ti·ga·tion || ‚kæstɪ geɪʃn n. severe punishment, chastisement, strong criticism …
13castigation — n. 1. Whipping, beating, lashing, flagellation, drubbing, flogging, chastisement. 2. Punishment, chastisement, discipline, correction, chastening. 3. Upbraiding, taking to task, lashing, flagellation, trimming, hauling over the coals, dressing… …
14castigation — cas·ti·ga·tion …
15castigation — See: castigate …
16castigation — Chastisement …
17castigation — noun 1. a severe scolding (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑earful, ↑bawling out, ↑chewing out, ↑upbraiding, ↑going over, ↑dressing down • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
18self-castigation — n. * * * …
19self-castigation — | ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : self punishment * * * n …
20castigate — castigation, n. castigative, castigatory /kas ti geuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. castigator, n. /kas ti gayt /, v.t., castigated, castigating. 1. to criticize or reprimand severely. 2. to punish in order to correct. [1600 10; < L castigatus lit.,… …