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Definisjon av castigation

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Noun
castigation - verbal punishment
chastisement
penalisation, penalization, punishment, penalty the act of punishing
castigation - a severe scolding
earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down
rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
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Substantiv
castigation - Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
castigation - Emendation; correction.

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  • Castigation (from the Latin castigatio), chastisement (via the French châtiment), or chiding is the infliction of severe (moral or corporal) punishment. One who administers a castigation is a castigator or chastiser. In earlier times, castigation specifically meant restoring one to a religiously pure state, called chastity.

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  • Flertall: castigations

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