castigation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

castigation (countable and uncountable, plural castigations)

1. (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.

2. severe criticism.
3. (obsolete) Emendation; correction.

Translations

corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism

• Dutch: afstraffing (nl) f, kastijding (nl) f
• 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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Translations to be checked

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

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