To castigate is to criticize or punish someone severely.
(verb)An example of castigate is when a person is punished harshly in public for his behavior.
See castigate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb castigated, castigating
Origin: < L castigatus, pp. of castigare, to purify, chastise < castus, pure (see caste) + agere: see act
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transitive verb cas·ti·gat·ed, cas·ti·gat·ing, cas·ti·gates
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Origin: Latin castīgāre, castīgāt-
Origin: , from castus, pure; see kes- in Indo-European roots
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