chastisingn.
/tʃaˈstʌɪzɪŋ/ The action of chastise v.; chastisement.
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society > authority > punishment > [noun] > corrective
chastiment?c1225
yard?c1225
chastisement1303
chastising1303
disciplinec1350
correctionc1386
castigationc1397
chastementc1425
nurturing1460
disciplining1532
chastice1594
disciplining1645
schooling1703
tickle-toby1830
nurture1911
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating
swingingc1200
beating?c1225
chastising1303
correctionc1386
lashingc1400
scouring1426
Moses' law1482
jerking1552
whipping1566
yarking1573
feaking1600
correct1606
tawing1620
lacing1622
castigation1640
basking1642
verberation1661
strappado1668
the lash1694
flogging1758
whopping1812
quilting1822
blistering1842
whaling1852
nailing1895
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4858 Better were þe chylde vnbore Þan fayle chastysyng.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. ii. 49 Chastisyng, and tyme of distruccioun.
c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 98 Outher by necgligence in chastisynge.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. xii. B No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. i. xi With their continuall chastisings [rhyme wings.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
chastisingadj.
That chastises.
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society > authority > punishment > [adjective]
punishinga1500
penitive1502
punitivea1513
penal1561
penous1627
penary1651
vindictive1656
chastising1691
punitory1710
punitional1824
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 221 There is a Chastising as well as Destroying Angel.
1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 15 May in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. 217 I hope she may con twice this chastising memorandum.
1878 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. App. 304 Theories of the chastising judge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1691