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Definition of Castigation
1. Noun. A severe scolding.
Generic synonyms: Rebuke, Reprehension, Reprimand, Reproof, Reproval
Derivative terms: Castigate, Upbraid
2. Noun. Verbal punishment.
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
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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