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Castigation

Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

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Penalty 76% connected

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Punishment 76% connected

The act of punishing.

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Rebuke 76% connected

To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove;…

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Reprehension 76% connected

Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.

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Reprimand 76% connected

Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

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Reproof 76% connected

Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

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Castigate 74% connected

To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Castigate 74% connected

To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chastise 74% connected

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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chastise 74% connected

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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chastisement 92% connected

The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Upbraiding 92% connected

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