castigates

Verb

castigate (third-person singular simple present castigates, present participle castigating, simple past and past participle castigated)

1. (formal, transitive) To punish or reprimand someone severely.
   • Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behaviour with Bathsheba, he was in no position to castigate his son for a similar fault.1999, Robert P. Gordon, I & II Samuel: A Commentary, Zondervan, page 264

   Synonyms:

   rebuke, reprimand, chasten, chastise, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, cannonade

2. (formal, transitive) To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.
   • God doth indurate, when hee doth not by and by caſtigate a ſynner.1573, The Whole Workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, Three Worthy Martyrs And Principall Teachers of this Churche of England, Iohn Daye, page 280

   Synonyms:

   condemn, lambaste, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, cannonade, slash, lash

3. (rare, transitive) To revise or make corrections to a publication.

   Synonyms:

   correct, revise

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