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chastenings

chastenings is the plural of chastening.

Meaning of chastening

Noun

chastening (plural chastenings)

  1. The act by which somebody is chastened.
    • But these chastenings are for his sins, as appears by what follows[…]a. 1758, Jonathan Edwards, On Original Sin

Questions about chastenings

What is chastenings the plural of?
Chastenings is the plural of chastening.

Words near chastenings in the dictionary

  1. chastenesses
  2. chastenest
  3. chasteneth
  4. chastening
  5. chasteningly
  6. chastenings
  7. chastenment
  8. chastens
  9. chaster
  10. chastest
  11. chastetree

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