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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats