castigation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CASTIGATION, noun 1. Punishment; correction; penance; discipline; emendation; restraint. 2. Among the Romans, a military punishment inflicted on offenders, by beating with a wand or switch.
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