Chastening
111penal — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. punitive, causing suffering, retributive, chastening, reformatory, corrective, correctional, punishing, punitory …
112punish — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discipline, correct, chastise, chasten, castigate, penalize, sentence, train, reprove, scold, lecture, fine, incarcerate, imprison, immure, expel, execute, exile, behead, hang, electrocute, dismiss, disbar, disbench,… …
113Punishment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Punishment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 punishment punishment punition Sgm: N 1 chastisement chastisement chastening Sgm: N 1 correction correction castigation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 discipline discipline …
114thraying — part. == chastening. Ps. lxxii. 14; [ȝraihand]. Ps. cxvii. 18. AS. þreagan …
115chasten — [[t]tʃe͟ɪs(ə)n[/t]] chastens, chastening, chastened VERB: usu passive If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly. [FORMAL] [be V ed by n] He has clearly not been chastened by his thirteen days… …
116castigation — 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… …
117chastisement — n. Punishment, chastening, correction …
118correction — n. 1. Amendment, improvement, redress. 2. Chastening, punishment, discipline. 3. Change (in quality, by something opposite), modification, alteration …
119desert# — desert n *waste, badlands, wilderness desert n *due, merit Analogous words: meed, guerdon, reward (see PREMIUM): punishment, chastisement, chastening, disciplining or discipline (see corresponding verbs at PUNISH) desert vb f …
120mercy — mercy, charity, grace, clemency, lenity are comparable when meaning the disposition to show compassion or kindness in one s treatment of others, especially of those who offend one and who are in one s power to punish or rebuke. Mercy implies… …
