castigation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: castigation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
castigation n a severe scolding [syn: castigation, earful, {bawling out}, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down] verbal punishment Synonym(s): castigation, chastisement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Castigation \Cas`tiga"tion\, n. [L. catigatio.] 1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. The keenest castigation* of her slanderers. --W. Irving. 2. Emendation; correction. [Obs.]