Definition of Castigation

Cas`ti`ga´tion
n.1.
1.Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
The keenest castigation of her slanderers.
- W. Irving.
2.Emendation; correction.


Related Words

bawling out, castigate, chasten, chastise, chewing out, correct, dressing down, earful, going-over, objurgate, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, upbraiding


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