Definition of Castigation

1. Noun. A severe scolding.


2. Noun. Verbal punishment.
Exact synonyms: Chastisement
Generic synonyms: Penalisation, Penalization, Penalty, Punishment
Derivative terms: Castigate, Castigate, Chastise

Definition of Castigation

1. n. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

Definition of Castigation

1. Noun. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) Emendation; correction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Castigation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Castigation

castells
castellum
casten
caster
caster sugar
casters
castes
castest
casteth
castewise
castful
castigate
castigated
castigates
castigating
castigations
castigator
castigatories
castigators
castigatory
castillated
casting
casting-couch
casting agent
casting away
casting flask
casting lots
casting off

Literary usage of Castigation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Self- castigation was performed twice a day, preferably in public squares, amid the intonation of hymns and according to a definitely prescribed ceremonial. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... to-day of the purity of his intentions and the probity of his character. station, either clerical or lay, that is spared from his castigation. lin. ..."

3. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"... reviews— Circulating libraries and reading societies—Goldsmith's castigation of Chinese tales and English tours—Eighteenth-century novels— Pamphlets—The ..."

4. The Life of Henry Irving by Austin Brereton (1908)
"Macbeth " revived—It brings in its train a series of severe criticisms —Castigation by the ... Castigation ..."

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