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chastisement

[chas-tiz-muhnt, chas-tahyz-] / ˈtʃæs tɪz mənt, tʃæsˈtaɪz- /


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This person is asking a serious question about retiring with $100,000 in the bank, and all they’re getting is chastisement.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

The ban saw the removal of reasonable chastisement as a legal defence.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

“Here, we see not a god of wrath and chastisement, but the God of mercy, who takes flesh and enters the world in weakness,’’ the pope said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

This brought an unusual chastisement from the Cochrane Library’s editor-in-chief, who stated it was “not an accurate representation of what the review found.”

From Scientific American • May 5, 2023

Fritz was a very awkward child who had been summoned for chastisement again and again.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry




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