CHASTISE


Meaning of CHASTISE in English

vt to reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.

2. chastise ·vt to inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.

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