Definition of Chastising. Meaning of Chastising. Synonyms of Chastising

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Definition of Chastising

Chastising
Chastise Chas*tise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastised; p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, ize, L. izare, G. ?. See Chasten.] 1. 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. How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me. --Shak. I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. --Boyle. 2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. --Thomson. Syn: See Chasten.

Meaning of Chastising from wikipedia

- Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF...
- Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue (French: Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu) is a 1791 novel by Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known...
- corporal) punishment. One who administers a castigation is a castigator or chastiser. According to an etymology recorded by Thomas Aquinas, castigation specifically...
- l'humanité (English: Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise humanity) is an 1896 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. Starting...
- last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943. George Johnson (known within the family...
- Michael entertains the group with a travel story, but Lee cuts him off, chastising him for repeating the same stories to everyone while failing to follow...
- committed suicide in 1932. Stalin regarded Vasily as spoilt and often chastised his behaviour; as Stalin's son, he was swiftly promoted through the Red...
- adopted in the community, some men who preferred to identify as **** began chastising older men who still referred to themselves as **** by the late 1940s:...
- administrator. He has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. He was also an...
- heresy. It has been supposed that it was these Gnostic Encratites who were chastised in the epistle of 1 Timothy (4:1-4). The first mention of a Christian...