CHASTISE, verb transitive 1. To correct by punishing; to punish; to inflict pain by stripes, or in other manner, for the purpose of punishing an offender and recalling him to his duty. I will chastise you seven times for your sins. Leviticus 26:28. 2. To reduce to order or obedience; to restrain; to awe; to repress. The gay social sense, By decency chastisd. 3. To correct; to purify by expunging faults; as, to chastise a poem.
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