Definition for Castigation:

• Act of castigating: chastisement: punishment.

Synonyms for Castigation:

• n.

  •abuse (noun)
  • kicking arounds,
  • pushing arounds,
  • bad mouthings,
  • up braidings,
  • signifyings,
  • badmouthings,
  • knifings,
  • bad-mouthings,
  • up braiding,
  • up-braidings,
  • upbraidings,
  • hosings,
  • up-braiding.
  •accusation (noun)
  • denouncement.
  •bawling out (noun)
  • bawling out.
  •blame (noun)
  • chidings,
  • reprobation,
  • inculpation,
  • objurgation,
  • objurgations,
  • reprehension,
  • exprobation,
  • recrimination,
  • recriminations,
  • impeachments,
  • impeachment,
  • imputation.
  •castigation (noun)
  • chewing out,
  • going-over,
  • upbraiding,
  • dressing down,
  • chastisement.
  •condemnation (noun)
  • disapproval.
  •correction (noun)
  • re-formations,
  • re formation,
  • re formations,
  • punitions.
  •denunciation (noun)
  • stigmatizations,
  • de-rogations,
  • upbraidments,
  • de rogation,
  • de-rogation,
  • damnings,
  • de rogations.
  •diatribe (noun)
  • screed,
  • screeds,
  • jeremiad.
  •disapproval (noun)
  • admonishment,
  • defamation,
  • renouncement,
  • deprecation,
  • condemnation,
  • vilification,
  • scorn,
  • criticism,
  • disparagement,
  • denigration,
  • derision.
  •discipline (noun)
  • getting your,
  • hell pay.
  •dressing-down (noun)
  • bawlingout,
  • bawling-outs,
  • bawlingouts,
  • lambastings,
  • dressingdown,
  • bawling outs.
  •penalty (noun)
  • punishment.
  •punishment (noun)
  • reproof,
  • sentence,
  • agony,
  • revenge,
  • affliction,
  • confinement,
  • torture,
  • verdict,
  • imprisonment,
  • penalty,
  • crucifixion,
  • forfeiture,
  • price,
  • reprisal,
  • burden,
  • persecution,
  • payment,
  • scolding,
  • incarceration,
  • anguish,
  • fine,
  • execution,
  • retribution,
  • distress.
  •rebuke (noun)
  • kick the teeth,
  • kick teeth,
  • chewingouts,
  • earfuls,
  • slap face,
  • chewing outs,
  • re-buffs,
  • tellingoffs,
  • re buff,
  • telling-offs,
  • re buffs,
  • re-pulses,
  • chewingout,
  • re pulses,
  • tellingoff,
  • reprovals,
  • chewing-outs.
  •reprimand (noun)
  • calling downs,
  • piece mind,
  • raggings,
  • piece one's mind,
  • piece of one mind,
  • piece one mind,
  • piece of ones mind,
  • piece ones mind,
  • going overs.
  •reprobation (noun)
  • re-probation,
  • re-probations,
  • re probations,
  • re probation.
  •row (noun)
  • fallingout,
  • runin,
  • up-roar,
  • set-tos,
  • knock down drag outs,
  • knock down drag out,
  • up-roars,
  • knock-down-drag-outs,
  • shouting matches,
  • set tos,
  • settos.
  •tongue-lashing (noun)
  • tongue lashing,
  • tonguelashing.
  •vituperation (noun)
  • verbal abuses.

• Other synonyms:

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  • reward.

Antonyms for Castigation:

• n.

  • punishment
    pardon, reward, forgiveness, award.
  • Other antonyms:
    exculpation, exemption, condonation, commutation, absolution, acquittal, remission, disregard, overlooking, remitment, parole, reprieve, release, indemnity, vindication, immunity, exoneration, amnesty, impunity.

Castigation Sentence Examples:

• But the pain inflicted was to disappear with the first castigation.

• He walked under the weight of this very private censure for the rest of his days, and bore for ever the scars of a castigation to which the strongest hand he knew had treated him on the night that followed his wife's death.