Associations to the word «Chastisement»

Wiktionary

CHASTISEMENT, noun. The act of chastising.
CHASTISEMENT, noun. A rebuke.
CHASTISEMENT, noun. A punishment.

Dictionary definition

CHASTISEMENT, noun. Verbal punishment.
CHASTISEMENT, noun. A rebuke for making a mistake.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King