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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
castigation
    n 1: a severe scolding [syn: castigation, earful, bawling
         out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing
         down]
    2: verbal punishment [syn: castigation, chastisement]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Castigation \Cas`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. catigatio.]
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   1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent
      criticism.
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            The keenest castigation of her slanderers. --W.
                                                  Irving.
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   2. Emendation; correction. [Obs.]
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