chastens

Verb

chasten (third-person singular simple present chastens, present participle chastening, simple past and past participle chastened)

1. To make chaste.

   Synonyms:

   purify

2. (archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.
   • I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 7:14

   Synonyms:

   chastise, discipline, amerce, castigate, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon, have someone's guts for garters, have someone's head, have someone's hide

3. To render humble or restrained.

   Synonyms:

   restrain, moderate