chastisement

She admitted she did slap him on the back in chastisement, adding "it wouldn't have been gentle", but he had not been injured by it.

“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.

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.”

The children's charities are calling for an end to the defence of "reasonable chastisement" that allows parents or carers to hit their children.

Euwe’s face was flushed by the chastisement and he was on the verge of tears.