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1. (v.t.) chasten
to inflict suffering or punishment upon to humble or improve.
2. chasten
to restrain; subdue.
3. chasten
to rid of excess; refine.
Etymology: (1520–30; obs. E chaste (v.) (ME chastien < OF chastier < L castigāre)
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| Definition of 'chasten' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
censure severely
"She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
2. (verb) chasten, moderate, temper
restrain
3. (verb) tame, chasten, subdue
correct by punishment or discipline
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) chasten
to correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod
2. (verb) chasten
to purify from errors or faults; to refine
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Sense: to humble by punishment, suffering etc.
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 Afrikaans: kasty |
 Arabic: يُعاقِب |
 Bulgarian: наказвам |
 Brazilian: humilhar |
 Czech: (po)trestat |
 German: strafen |
 Danish: tugte |
 Greek: σωφρονίζω |
 Spanish: castigar, escarmentar |
 Estonian: nuhtlema |
 Farsi: تنبیه کردن؛ سرزنش کردن |
 Finnish: taltuttaa |
 French: chãtier |
 Hebrew: לְייַסֵר |
 Hindi: सुधारना |
 Croatian: pročistiti, oplemeniti |
 Hungarian: megfenyít; fegyelmez |
 Indonesian: menghukum |
 Icelandic: aga, hirta |
 Italian: castigare |
 Japanese: 懲らしめる |
 Korean: (잘 되라고) 혼을 내주다 |
 Lithuanian: bausti,žeminti |
 Latvian: sodīt; pārmācīt |
 Malay: menginsafkan |
 Dutch: louteren |
 Norwegian: tukte |
 Polish: upokarzać |
 Persian: تنبیه کردن؛ سرزنش کردن |
 Pashto: جزاور كول: انتظام سمون |
 Portuguese: humilhar |
 Romanian: a pune la punct |
 Russian: карать |
 Slovak: (po)trestať |
 Slovenian: kaznovati |
 Serbian: kazniti |
 Swedish: tukta, straffa, aga |
 Thai: ลงโทษ |
 Turkish: cezayla yola getirmek |
 Taiwanese: 懲戒 |
 Ukrainian: карати |
 Urdu: تا دیب کرنا ، سزا دینا |
 Vietnamese: trừng trị |
 Chinese: 惩戒 |
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