Definition of chastise

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Chastise (v. t.) To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.

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Rod :: Rod (n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement..
Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
Feaze :: Feaze (v. t.) To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry..
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc..
Beating :: Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
Firk :: Firk (v. t.) To beat; to strike; to chastise.
Flog :: Flog (v. t.) To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.
Chastise :: Chastise (v. t.) To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes..
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..
Horsewhip :: Horsewhip (v. t.) To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.
Restive :: Restive (a.) Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory..
Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement..
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
Strap :: Strap (v. t.) To beat or chastise with a strap.
Chastisable :: Chastisable (a.) Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.
Payment :: Payment (n.) Punishment; chastisement.
Animadverter :: Animadverter (n.) One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser..
Feeze :: Feeze (v. t.) To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry.
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction..
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Deserving chastisement; punishable.
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