Chastening
121deprecatory — adj 1. censuring, reproachful, op probious, impeaching, slating, inveighing, reproving, recriminating, reprehensive, reprobative, reprobating; denunciatory, denunciating, railing, cursing, condemnatory, maledictory, anathematizing; berating,… …
122infliction — n 1. imposition, perpetration, administration; punishment, castigation, chastening, chastisement; penalty, requital, retribution, nemesis. 2. trouble, worry, affliction, suffering, hurt; irritation, annoyance, vexation; torture, torment, trial,… …
123payment — n 1. remuneration, compensation, reimbursement; remittance, installment, handsel, Insurance. premium; settlement, liquidation, quittance, discharge, reckoning; refund, rebate. 2. expenditure, outlay, disbursement, expense; defrayal, contribution …
124penalty — n 1. punishment, penalization, amercement, penance; sentence, condemnation; chastening, castigation, chastisement; deserved reward, just deserts, what one asked for, Inf. comeuppance; pay, payment, wages; discipline, punitive action, correction;… …
125punishment — n 1. penalty, penalization, discipline; sentence, condemnation, imprisonment, fine, mulct, Sl. rap; correction, admonition, chastening, chastisement; castigation, criticism, scolding, dressing down, Sl. chewing out, Inf. what for; deserved reward …
126remission — n 1. forwarding, transmission, transmittal, transmitting, sending, dispatch, dispatching, remitting; payment, paying, discharge, discharging; remunerating, reimbursement, reimbursing, compensation, settlement, settling, paying off or up,… …
127rod — n 1. stick, staff, pike, baton, cane, alpenstock, crook, crutch; switch, rattan, crop, quirt; scepter, wand, crosier, standard, caduceus; dowel, shaft, pole, post, stake, picket, stanchion, Cricket. stump; bar, rack, bracket, crosspiece, tube. 2 …
128humiliating — adjective Syn: embarrassing, mortifying, humbling, ignominious, inglorious, shaming, undignified, chastening, demeaning, degrading, deflating …
