单词 | castigation |
释义 | castigationn. a. Chastisement, corrective punishment or discipline, correction, chastening. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] > corrective chastiment?c1225 yard?c1225 chastisement1303 chastising1303 disciplinec1350 correctionc1386 castigationc1397 chastementc1425 nurturing1460 disciplining1532 chastice1594 disciplining1645 schooling1703 tickle-toby1830 nurture1911 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] chastyinga1300 amendmentc1300 risingc1350 castigationc1397 reclaima1400 reformation1425 emendationc1540 emendingc1542 recovery1542 reparence1556 emendment1569 reduction1610 reclamation1629 reclaimer1650 reform1738 c1397 G. Chaucer Lack Stedf. 26 Shewe forþe þy swerde of castigacioune. 1509 S. Hawes Conuercyon Swerers (de Worde) 35 Blessyd be ye of my castycacyon. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxvii. 230 He also inuested them..with the power of the holy Ghost for castigation & relaxation of sin. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 35 Curroon..is not yet sensible of those castigations. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 143 Castigation is defined the curation of the soul from sin. b. In modern use: Severe punishment or rebuke, chastisement, ‘flagellation’. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > severe objurgationa1500 castigation1640 nointing1794 objurgating1858 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. §20. 201 It is enough for me to leave him to the castigation of Bellarmine. 1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 77 The most complete piece of poetical castigation in our language. 1831 Marquis of Londonderry Speech House of Lords 21 May He has given a well-merited castigation to the Noble Lords on that side of the House. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. i. 71 Holkar then occupied himself in the castigation of the Raja of Bundi. 1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. v. 207 Smart castigation is in our opinion much preferable to fool's cap, imprisonment, etc. 2. Correction, emendation (of a book, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text correction1528 castigation?1611 reflection1648 emendation1652 amends1888 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. (R.) To oppose his arrogant and ignorant castigations. 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. ii. 32 A castigation of the Liturgie. 1673 J. Howell title French and English Dictionary, with another English and French..with accurate castigations throughout the whole work. 1756 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1831) I. 307 He submitted that work to my castigation; and I remember I blotted a great many lines. 1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 76 The Breviary of the old Sarum use underwent a considerable castigation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > [noun] purginga1382 expurgationc1420 purgationc1425 undefoilingc1425 purgement1483 sublimating1559 sweetening1591 purgatory1596 purification1597 purge1598 depuration1603 refinement1611 castigation1615 lustrationc1635 purifaction1652 refreshing1719 depurating1762 epuration1800 neatifying1826 vastation1847 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 325 [The air in the lungs] vndergoeth a peculiar Castigation before it bee admitted to the heart. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making less violent, vigorous, or severe softinga1400 slakingc1400 mollifying?a1425 softening?a1425 temperament1475 moderationa1500 temperatinga1540 releasing?1543 amollishment1612 mollificationa1631 quietationa1639 castigationa1676 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ix. 222 Floods and Conflagrations..either for the Castigation of the Excesses of Generation..or to the total Dissolution thereof. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1397 |
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