Search Result for "castigation":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a severe scolding;
[syn: castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down]
2. verbal punishment;
[syn: castigation, chastisement]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Castigation \Cas`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. catigatio.] [1913 Webster] 1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. [1913 Webster] The keenest castigation of her slanderers. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. Emendation; correction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
