castigation

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

castigation (countable and uncountable, plural castigations)

(archaic) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof
- 1859, George Meredith, chapter 5, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel:
  He was seasoned wood, and took the world pretty wisely; not reckless of castigation, as some boys become, nor oversensitive as to dehonour, as his friend and comrade beside him was.
severe criticism.
(obsolete) Emendation; correction.

Translations

corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism

Finnish: rangaistus (fi), soimaus
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄 n (andabeit)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐπίπληξις f (epíplēxis)
Hungarian: büntetés (hu), fenyítés (hu), feddés (hu), bírálat (hu), ostorozás (hu), szidalom (hu)
Ottoman Turkish: جزا (ceza)
Russian: наказа́ние (ru) n (nakazánije), вы́говор (ru) m (výgovor), разно́с (ru) m (raznós)

(obsolete in English) emendation; correction

Finnish: korjaus (fi)
Russian: исправле́ние (ru) n (ispravlénije)

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Bulgarian: наказание (bg) n (nakazanie), остра критика (ostra kritika)
German: Züchtigung (de)

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