Definitions for chastening
chas·ten·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. correction, chastening, chastisementnoun

   a rebuke for making a mistake

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1. chastening

   Chastity, also known as purity, is a virtue related to temperance. Someone who is chaste refrains either from sexual activity considered immoral or any sexual activity, according to their state of life. In some contexts, for example when making a vow of chastity, chastity means the same as celibacy.

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1. chastening

   Chastening refers to the act of punishing or disciplining someone, particularly with the intention to correct a wrongdoing or to improve one's character or behavior. It also implies the process of experiencing suffering or hardship that leads to improvement or refinement of one's moral character.

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1. Chastening

   of Chasten

Matched Categories

1. • Rebuke

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How to pronounce chastening?

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How to say chastening in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chastening in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chastening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of chastening in a Sentence

1. President Obama:

   We gather here to honor the courage of ordinary Americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chastening rod; tear gas and the trampling hoof; men and women who despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay true to their North Star and keep marching toward justice.

2. Abraham Lincoln:

   It is said an eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him with the words, 'And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses How chastening in the hour of pride How consoling in the depths of affliction

3. Oswald Chambers:

   We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls.

4. Tony Abbott:

   This has been a very chastening experience, a very chastening experience, It's not often that something like this happens 16 or 17 months into the life of a government.

5. Diane Ackerman:

   Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chastening
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastening
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chastening
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=chastening