HOW TO PRONOUNCE
chastisement
/ˈt͡ʃæstəzmənt/
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What does chastisement mean?
noun
- The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃæstəzmənt/
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/ˈt͡ʃæstɪzmənt//t͡ʃæˈstaɪzmənt/
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See this word in context.
It is always distressing when outraged morality does not possess the strength of arm to administer direct chastisement on the sinner.
I come now then to the consideration of the two engines mentioned in the commencement of this Essay, reprehension and chastisement.
More book examples (3)
Cosette could not make a motion which did not draw down upon her head a heavy shower of violent blows and unmerited chastisement.
Although this was but dissimulation, and not true repentance, yet God granted Cain pardon, and removed the half of his chastisement from him.
And thus did Lycurgus, for chastisement of his fault, make of a wild and passionate young man one of the discreetest citizens of Sparta.