CHASTEN


Meaning of CHASTEN in English

v. 1 discipline, correct, chastise, punish, castigate He used every means to chasten the unruly and disobedient 2 moderate, temper, subdue, curb, restrain, repress, tame, suppress I am not as sanguine as I was - time and experience have chastened me

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