In this regard, is castigate a noun or verb?
Castigate has a synonym in chastise. Both verbs mean to punish or to censure someone. Castigate is the youngest of the three verbs in English, dating from the early 17th century, while chasten dates to the early 16th century and chastise has been found in use as far back as the 14th.
Similarly, what does castigation mean? Castigation (from the Latin castigatio) or chastisement (via the French châtiment) is the infliction of severe (moral or corporal) punishment. One who administers a castigation is a castigator or chastiser. In earlier times, castigation specifically meant restoring one to a religiously pure state, called chastity.
One may also ask, what part of speech is castigate?
castigate
| part of speech: | transitive verb |
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| related words: | berate, chastise, discipline, rate, rebuke, scorch, score, scourge, upbraid |
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| derivations: | castigation (n.), castigator (n.) |
How do you use castigate in a sentence?
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- My mother was a cruel woman who never missed an opportunity to castigate my father.
- When the police chief discovers his officers let the criminal escape, he is sure to castigate them.
- If you want better results, you should praise your children and not castigate them.
