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Pronunciation:
[ kˌastɪɡˈe͡ɪʃən], [ kˌastɪɡˈeɪʃən], [ k_ˌa_s_t_ɪ_ɡ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Castigation, meaning severe criticism or punishment, has several synonyms associated with it. Censure, rebuke, reproof, and scolding are all similar words that denote a reprimand or condemnation of an action, behavior or attitude. Chastisement, discipline, and correction are related terms that carry an implication of teaching or training through punishment, while condemnation, denunciation, and vituperation indicate a more severe judgment or disapproval. Other words that can be used interchangeably with castigation include criticism, disapproval, and adverse comments. The choice of synonym used often depends on the context and intensity of the criticism being conveyed.
Related words: condemn, preach, moralize, denunciate, vilify, hurl abuse, tirade against
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Synonyms for Castigation:
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• abuse- bad mouthings ,
- bad-mouthings ,
- badmouthings ,
- hosings ,
- kicking arounds ,
- knifings ,
- pushing arounds ,
- signifyings ,
- up braiding ,
- up braidings ,
- up-braiding ,
- up-braidings ,
- upbraidings .
- chidings ,
- exprobation ,
- impeachment ,
- impeachments ,
- imputation ,
- inculpation ,
- objurgation ,
- objurgations ,
- recrimination ,
- recriminations .
- admonishment ,
- condemnation ,
- criticism ,
- defamation ,
- denigration ,
- deprecation ,
- derision ,
- disparagement ,
- renouncement ,
- scorn ,
- vilification .
- affliction ,
- agony ,
- anguish ,
- burden ,
- confinement ,
- crucifixion ,
- distress ,
- execution ,
- fine ,
- forfeiture ,
- imprisonment ,
- incarceration ,
- payment ,
- penalty ,
- persecution ,
- price ,
- reprisal ,
- retribution ,
- revenge ,
- sentence ,
- torture ,
- verdict .
- chewing outs ,
- chewing-outs ,
- chewingout ,
- chewingouts ,
- earfuls ,
- kick teeth ,
- kick the teeth ,
- re buff ,
- re buffs ,
- re pulses ,
- re-buffs ,
- re-pulses ,
- reprovals ,
- slap face ,
- telling-offs ,
- tellingoff ,
- tellingoffs .
- calling downs ,
- going overs ,
- piece mind ,
- piece of one mind ,
- piece of ones mind ,
- piece one mind ,
- piece one's mind ,
- piece ones mind ,
- raggings .
Other synonyms:
- reward .
Other relevant words:
- abrasion ,
- accommodation ,
- adaptation ,
- admonish ,
- advantage ,
- aggrandise ,
- aggrandize ,
- ail ,
- alert ,
- all right ,
- allowance ,
- alright ,
- alternate ,
- amends ,
- amercement ,
- amplify ,
- anger ,
- animadversion ,
- annoyance ,
- ante up ,
- aspersion ,
- assessment ,
- attack ,
- avenge ,
- bailiwick ,
- bandaging ,
- bane ,
- bang ,
- bawl out ,
- bear ,
- belittling ,
- berate ,
- bill of indictment ,
- billingsgate ,
- binding ,
- birch rod ,
- birch tree ,
- birchen ,
- birken ,
- blackguard ,
- blamed ,
- blare ,
- blasted ,
- blessed ,
- blow ,
- blow a fuse ,
- blow one's stack ,
- bolt ,
- boom ,
- bother ,
- botheration ,
- branding ,
- brisk ,
- burthen ,
- call down ,
- call on the carpet ,
- calumny ,
- capital punishment ,
- captivity ,
- care ,
- carefulness ,
- carrying into action ,
- carrying out ,
- castigation ,
- cautiousness ,
- caveat ,
- change ,
- change over ,
- charge ,
- check ,
- chew out ,
- chew up ,
- chide ,
- childbed ,
- cilium ,
- circumspection ,
- clap ,
- clapperclaw ,
- clipping ,
- combust ,
- comeupance ,
- compensate ,
- condemn ,
- condition ,
- contemn ,
- contempt ,
- contumely ,
- conviction ,
- cool ,
- core ,
- correct ,
- cost ,
- course ,
- criminate ,
- critique ,
- crucify ,
- curse ,
- damage ,
- damages ,
- damn ,
- damned ,
- darned ,
- death penalty ,
- debacle ,
- debark ,
- defrayal ,
- defrayment ,
- delicately ,
- depreciation ,
- derogation ,
- desolate ,
- despise ,
- despite ,
- deterrent example ,
- detonate ,
- deuced ,
- devastate ,
- devote ,
- disapprobation ,
- discernment ,
- discharge ,
- discipline ,
- discourse ,
- disdain ,
- disembark ,
- disfavor ,
- disfavour ,
- dislike ,
- dispraise ,
- distortion ,
- distraint ,
- doom ,
- dramatise ,
- dramatize ,
- dress down ,
- drive back ,
- drop ,
- drop off ,
- drubbing ,
- dustup ,
- earnings ,
- effect ,
- electric switch ,
- electrical switch ,
- embellish ,
- embroider ,
- encumbrance ,
- enlarge ,
- eruption ,
- essence ,
- eternal damnation ,
- evaluation ,
- example ,
- exchange ,
- exclusion ,
- excommunication ,
- excruciate ,
- excruciation ,
- execration ,
- executing ,
- execution of instrument ,
- expand ,
- explode ,
- exquisitely ,
- eyelash ,
- fault ,
- fecundation ,
- fertilisation ,
- fertilization ,
- field ,
- field of study ,
- fight off ,
- find fault ,
- finding of fact ,
- finely ,
- fire ,
- fitting ,
- flack ,
- flagellate ,
- flagellation ,
- flagellum ,
- flak ,
- flip ,
- flip one's lid ,
- flip one's wig ,
- flip-flop ,
- flog ,
- fly off the handle ,
- forethought ,
- forfeit ,
- freeze off ,
- fudge factor ,
- gat ,
- get down ,
- gist ,
- give ,
- glower ,
- go ballistic ,
- goddam ,
- goddamn ,
- goddamned ,
- good time ,
- grooming ,
- gust ,
- hatchet job ,
- have a fit ,
- have kittens ,
- have words ,
- hit the ceiling ,
- hit the roof ,
- homily ,
- honor ,
- honour ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hurt ,
- hurting ,
- ill-treat ,
- ill-treatment ,
- ill-usage ,
- ill-use ,
- immurement ,
- implementation ,
- imposition ,
- incrimination ,
- incumbrance ,
- indemnification ,
- indemnity ,
- infernal ,
- inflate ,
- instruction execution ,
- insult ,
- interchange ,
- internment ,
- ira ,
- ire ,
- jaw ,
- judgement ,
- judging ,
- judgment of conviction ,
- judicial decision ,
- just deserts ,
- knock down ,
- labor ,
- labour ,
- lacing ,
- lambast ,
- lambaste ,
- land ,
- lard ,
- lashing ,
- lather ,
- lay waste to ,
- lecturing ,
- legal opinion ,
- licking ,
- literary criticism ,
- lively ,
- load ,
- loading ,
- lose one's temper ,
- lour ,
- lower ,
- lying-in ,
- magnify ,
- make up ,
- malignment ,
- maltreat ,
- maltreatment ,
- medical dressing ,
- merry ,
- military rank ,
- military rating ,
- mind ,
- mistreat ,
- misuse ,
- modification ,
- monetary value ,
- monish ,
- monition ,
- moral ,
- mulct ,
- murder ,
- nail ,
- name ,
- nuisance ,
- object lesson ,
- objection ,
- obloquy ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- onus ,
- opinion ,
- overrefinement ,
- pad ,
- pain in the ass ,
- pain in the neck ,
- pain sensation ,
- painful sensation ,
- painfulness ,
- parturiency ,
- passementerie ,
- pay back ,
- pay off ,
- pay up ,
- payback ,
- paygrade ,
- payoff ,
- perch ,
- performance ,
- permutation ,
- perspicacity ,
- pervert ,
- pick ,
- pillory ,
- place down ,
- poenology ,
- poetic jstice ,
- pole ,
- pooh-pooh ,
- preaching ,
- precaution ,
- prison term ,
- public lecture ,
- puff ,
- puff out ,
- puff up ,
- put down ,
- quarrel ,
- rack ,
- rag ,
- rant ,
- ranting ,
- rap ,
- rattling ,
- ravage ,
- readjustment ,
- rectification ,
- regeneration ,
- registration ,
- reinforce ,
- reinforcement ,
- reject ,
- remediation ,
- remedy ,
- remonstrate ,
- remuneration ,
- renunciation ,
- repay ,
- repel ,
- replacement ,
- reprove ,
- repulse ,
- requital ,
- restitution ,
- restriction ,
- retaliate ,
- retaliation ,
- retinal rod ,
- revision ,
- ridicule ,
- right ,
- rod cell ,
- rough sledding ,
- rowing ,
- run-in ,
- sacrifice ,
- saddle ,
- sagaciousness ,
- sagacity ,
- salad dressing ,
- salary ,
- savage ,
- scold ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- set off ,
- shell ,
- shift ,
- shoot ,
- shout ,
- slander ,
- slapdash ,
- slash ,
- slate ,
- slaughter ,
- slaying ,
- slight ,
- smack ,
- smacking ,
- smash ,
- smear ,
- snappy ,
- snub ,
- sort out ,
- sound judgment ,
- speech ,
- spurn ,
- squelch ,
- squelcher ,
- stenosis ,
- step ,
- stigmatisation ,
- straining ,
- straiten ,
- strap ,
- study ,
- stuffing ,
- subject ,
- subject area ,
- subject field ,
- substitution ,
- suffering ,
- swap ,
- switch over ,
- switching ,
- swop ,
- tack ,
- take to task ,
- takedown ,
- talk ,
- tanning ,
- terms ,
- terror ,
- thong ,
- threat ,
- throw ,
- throw a fit ,
- ticket ,
- time ,
- toll ,
- torment ,
- torturing ,
- trade ,
- traducement ,
- train ,
- transposition ,
- travail ,
- trial ,
- tribulation ,
- trim ,
- trouble ,
- trounce ,
- trouncing ,
- turn down ,
- twisting ,
- unfavorable judgment ,
- unload ,
- upbraid ,
- valuation ,
- vengeance ,
- very well ,
- vitriol ,
- wage ,
- wages ,
- walloping ,
- warning ,
- waste ,
- weight ,
- weight down ,
- welt ,
- whacking ,
- whip ,
- whiplash ,
- whipstitch ,
- whipstitching ,
- wicker ,
- wickerwork ,
- wig ,
- word of advice ,
- words ,
- wrangle ,
- writ of execution ,
- write down ,
- yield ,
- zippy .
- Castigating ,
- Chastising ,
- Disciplining ,
- HIT ,
- Hell ,
- Increpation ,
- Jobation ,
- PROOF READING ,
- Punition ,
- Remonstration ,
- abuse ,
- adjustment ,
- admonition ,
- alteration ,
- amendment ,
- anathema ,
- arraignment ,
- bawling out ,
- beating ,
- berating ,
- birch ,
- black look ,
- blow up ,
- blow-up up ,
- blowing up ,
- cane ,
- caution ,
- censure ,
- chastening ,
- chewing out ,
- chiding ,
- corrective action ,
- curtain lecture ,
- damnation ,
- denunciation ,
- deserts ,
- diatribe ,
- dressing ,
- dressing down ,
- earful ,
- excoriation ,
- expostulation ,
- ferule ,
- frown ,
- going-over ,
- indictment ,
- invective ,
- lash ,
- lecture ,
- lesson ,
- nemesis ,
- pain ,
- pay ,
- penalization ,
- penology ,
- punitive measures ,
- rating ,
- rebuff ,
- rebuke ,
- redress ,
- remonstrance ,
- reprehend ,
- reprehension ,
- reprimand ,
- reprobation ,
- reproof ,
- revilement ,
- rod ,
- row ,
- scolding ,
- scourge ,
- scowl ,
- scurrility ,
- sermon ,
- set down ,
- slap ,
- slating ,
- spanking ,
- stricture ,
- switch ,
- talking to ,
- telling-off ,
- thrashing ,
- tongue-lashing ,
- trimming ,
- upbraiding ,
- vituperation ,
- wigging .
- Ragging ,
- Reviling ,
- Sermons ,
- bawling-out ,
- bickerings ,
- calling down ,
- chewing-out ,
- correction ,
- cursings ,
- dressing-down ,
- epithet ,
- fulmination ,
- getting yours ,
- groomings ,
- harangue ,
- hard time ,
- hard times ,
- hell to pay ,
- hosing ,
- judgment ,
- kick in teeth ,
- kick in the teeth ,
- kicking around ,
- knock-down-drag-out ,
- libel ,
- moralism ,
- moralisms ,
- piece of mind ,
- piece of one's mind ,
- preachment ,
- preachments ,
- pushing around ,
- put-down ,
- putdown ,
- quinine ,
- quinines ,
- re-formation ,
- refusal ,
- reproach ,
- reproval ,
- scurrilousness ,
- set to ,
- set-to ,
- setto ,
- shouting match ,
- slap in face ,
- slap in the face ,
- slap the face ,
- smearings ,
- stigmatization ,
- talking-to ,
- upbraidment ,
- verbal abuse ,
- visitation .
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How to use "Castigation" in context?
Castigation is disciplining one's self harshly through verbal rebuke, often accompanied by an act of violence. Castigation may be physical, such as spanking, slapping, or beating, but can also be emotional, such as berating or shouting. Castigation typically seeks to punish an individual, either physically or emotionally, to make them aware of their wrongdoings and to correct them. The aim is to restore order and discipline to the individual and to punish them for their act of indiscipline.
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